Loomis

Loomis is a surname and place name used in the United States. The name appears in several geographic locations and institutions, and in popular culture as a fictional character.

Geography and places: Loomis, California, is an unincorporated town in Placer County, northeast of Sacramento, and part of the Sacramento metropolitan area. The name is also used by other small communities in the United States, often named after early settlers bearing the Loomis surname.

Institutions: The Loomis Chaffee School, a private college-preparatory boarding school in Windsor, Connecticut, traces its roots to the Loomis and Chaffee families through a merger in 1970; it is one of the oldest and most prestigious boarding schools in the United States.

Fiction: Dr. Samuel Loomis is a psychiatrist in the Halloween film series who monitors and confronts the killer Michael Myers; the character was portrayed by Donald Pleasance.

Notable people: The Loomis surname has been carried by numerous individuals across fields such as science, politics, and the arts.