Introduction
Stephen A. Loomis, better known within family and Dartmouth records as Stephen Andrew “Andy” Loomis, lived a life centred on education, public service, technology, and family rather than public attention. He was a Dartmouth College graduate, Peace Corps volunteer, U.S. Army veteran, computer programmer, father, grandfather, and long-time New Hampshire resident.
Born in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Loomis belonged to Dartmouth’s Class of 1965 and later built a programming career that took him through educational, healthcare, professional-services, and retail organizations. After retirement, he remained connected to the Upper Valley of New Hampshire, an area that had become an important part of his adult life.
Interest in Stephen A. Loomis has also created some online confusion because more than one person carried the name Stephen Andrew Loomis. Reliable Dartmouth and family records make it possible to separate Andy Loomis’s story from those unrelated biographies.
Who Was Stephen A. Loomis?
Stephen A. Loomis was an American computer programmer and Dartmouth alumnus whose professional and personal life largely unfolded away from the spotlight.
A Dartmouth Class of 1965 obituary identifies him as Stephen Andrew Loomis, commonly called Andy. A more detailed class obituary records his birth on December 25, 1942, in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He died on December 8, 2014, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, shortly before what would have been his 72nd birthday.
His public biography is not built around celebrity or a single famous achievement. Instead, it reflects several distinct chapters: growing up in Pennsylvania, attending Dartmouth, serving abroad and in the military, developing a career in computer programming, raising a family, and establishing long-term roots in New Hampshire.
That combination makes Stephen A. Loomis particularly interesting to readers searching for a complete biography rather than simply a name attached to a family record.
Stephen A. Loomis Early Life and Education
Stephen Andrew Loomis was born in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and attended Lansdowne-Aldan High School before enrolling at Dartmouth College.
He graduated from Dartmouth with the Class of 1965. During college, Loomis was a member of Alpha Delta/Alpha Delta Phi, according to Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. The alumni record later noted that he remained proud of his connection to the Class of 1965.
His Dartmouth years came during an important period in American history. By the time Loomis graduated in 1965, the country was undergoing rapid social, political, and technological change. His own path after college would touch two major developments of that era: international volunteer service and the growing importance of computing.
Rather than moving immediately into a conventional corporate career, Loomis first entered a period of service.
Peace Corps and U.S. Army service
After graduating from Dartmouth, Stephen A. Loomis served in the Peace Corps in Venezuela. He subsequently served in the U.S. Army. Both parts of his post-college life are documented by Dartmouth’s alumni record.
Publicly available sources do not provide enough detail to responsibly state his exact Peace Corps assignment, the communities where he worked in Venezuela, his army unit, rank, or military responsibilities. Those details should therefore remain unspecified rather than being reconstructed from assumptions.
What can be established is that international service and military service formed an important bridge between Loomis’s Dartmouth education and his later technical career.
For someone graduating in the mid-1960s, moving between these very different environments would have exposed him to institutions, systems, and responsibilities far beyond the classroom.
Stephen A. Loomis Career as a Computer Programmer
The longest clearly documented professional chapter of Stephen A. Loomis’s career was his work as a computer programmer.
Dartmouth Alumni Magazine names four organisations where he worked:
- Dartmouth
- Mary Hitchcock Hospital
- Smith, Batchelder & Rugg
- Burlington Coat Factory
That list shows a career extending across markedly different organisational environments.
Working with computing at Dartmouth placed Loomis in an academic environment. His work at Mary Hitchcock Hospital connected his technical skills with healthcare. Smith, Batchelder & Rugg represented another professional setting, while Burlington Coat Factory brought his experience into a large retail organisation.
The public record does not specify the programming languages he used, his exact job titles at each organisation, or the individual software systems he developed. Claims about those areas would be speculative.
What is clear is that Loomis remained professionally involved with computing across multiple institutions. His career therefore reflects the expanding role computer programmers came to play as organizations increasingly relied on digital systems for everyday operations.
Stephen A. Loomis Marriage and Family
Family is one of the most important parts of the documented Stephen A. Loomis biography.
In 1970, Stephen Andrew “Andy” Loomis married Nancy Basehore Loomis. Nancy had grown up in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Swarthmore College as a member of the Class of 1966. Her 2026 obituary identifies Stephen as the father of her two daughters.
The couple eventually settled in the Upper Valley and moved to Canaan, New Hampshire, in 1973. Nancy’s obituary states that the marriage later ended in divorce, although the reliable sources reviewed here do not give a specific divorce date.
Stephen and Nancy had two daughters, Ann and Barbara. Dartmouth’s obituary for Stephen also identifies two grandsons, Maddox and Rowan, and his brother Thomas Loomis, a member of Dartmouth’s Class of 1966.
Stephen A. Loomis Family and Relationship Table
| Family Member | Relationship | Publicly Documented Information |
| Stephen Andrew “Andy” Loomis | — | Dartmouth ’65 alumnus, veteran and computer programmer |
| Nancy Basehore Loomis | Former wife | Married Stephen in 1970; mother of Ann and Barbara |
| Ann Loomis | Daughter | Named in Stephen and Nancy’s family records |
| Barbara Linen | Daughter | Stephen’s daughter, later publicly identified as Barbara Linen |
| Maddox | Grandson | Named in family records |
| Rowan | Grandson | Named in family records |
| Thomas Loomis | Brother | Dartmouth Class of 1966 alumnus |
Nancy’s April 2026 obituary confirms that Ann Loomis and Barbara Linen survived her, along with grandsons Maddox and Rowan.
An Important Clarification About Nancy Loomis and Nancy Kyes
There is an important identity issue surrounding Stephen A. Loomis that deserves clarification.
Some recent online biography pages identify the Dartmouth Class of 1965 Stephen Loomis as the former husband of actress Nancy Kyes, who professionally used the name Nancy Loomis. That identification appears to combine two different men.
The Stephen Andrew Loomis discussed in this article married Nancy Basehore Loomis in 1970, had daughters Ann and Barbara, lived in Canaan, New Hampshire, worked as a computer programmer, and died in 2014. These facts are supported by Dartmouth records and Nancy Basehore Loomis’s 2026 obituary.
A different Stephen Andrew Loomis, born in 1947 and associated with Hollywood costume design, was married to actress Nancy Kyes from 1971 to 1976. His family obituary explicitly states that the marriage produced no children.
The distinction matters because mixing these two biographies produces incorrect claims about Stephen A. Loomis’s spouse, career, children, and death date.
For the Dartmouth alumnus covered here, the documented former spouse is Nancy Basehore Loomis, not Nancy Kyes.
Life in Canaan, New Hampshire
New Hampshire became an important geographical centre of Stephen A. Loomis’s adult life.
After marrying Nancy Basehore, the couple settled in the Upper Valley and moved to Canaan in 1973. Dartmouth later described Andy as a longtime resident of Canaan.
Canaan was also important to the wider Loomis family story. Nancy became active in the community and local education, while Stephen continued his professional career. Although the surviving public sources provide far more detail about Nancy’s community activities than Stephen’s, they establish Canaan as a long-term family home.
That connection continued even after Stephen left his full-time career.
Later Years and Retirement
After retiring, Stephen A. Loomis lived at Quail Hollow in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, according to Dartmouth Alumni Magazine.
His later public record is limited. There are no extensive interviews or published personal accounts that provide a detailed picture of his hobbies, private opinions, or daily retirement routine.
This is an important limitation when writing about Loomis. A responsible biography should distinguish between documented facts and attractive but unsupported storytelling.
What the record does show is continued geographical attachment to New Hampshire and the Dartmouth region even after his professional career had ended.
Death and Final Record
Stephen Andrew Loomis died on December 8, 2014, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Dartmouth Alumni Magazine recorded his death and remembered his service, programming career, family, and connection to the Class of 1965.
He was survived by his daughters Ann and Barbara, grandsons Maddox and Rowan, and his brother Thomas Loomis ’66.
His burial was planned at Canaan Street Cemetery, further reflecting the strong relationship between the Loomis family and Canaan, New Hampshire.
Recent Public Visibility
Stephen A. Loomis died in 2014, so there are naturally no new career developments or personal appearances to report.
However, his name returned to public attention in April 2026 following the death of his former wife, Nancy Basehore Loomis. Her obituary revisited part of their shared family history, stating that she married Stephen Andrew “Andy” Loomis in 1970 and identifying him as the father of her two daughters.
That 2026 record is particularly valuable because it helps clarify Stephen’s family connections and separates his biography from that of the Hollywood costume designer with the same name.
For modern researchers, the combination of Dartmouth’s alumni memorial and Nancy Basehore Loomis’s obituary provides the clearest publicly accessible outline of his life.
The Personal Side of Stephen A. Loomis
Stephen A. Loomis was not a celebrity, and the available record does not attempt to turn him into one.
Instead, his biography is preserved through institutions and family: a high school, Dartmouth College, the Peace Corps, the U.S. Army, workplaces, daughters, grandchildren, and the New Hampshire communities where he spent much of his adult life.
There is something useful in that quieter record. Not every meaningful biography is built around fame. Loomis’s documented life reflects education followed by service, decades of technical work during computing’s growing importance, and family roots that remained visible long after his death.
The strongest way to understand him is therefore not through exaggerated claims or borrowed celebrity connections, but through the consistent details his family and Dartmouth community chose to preserve.
FAQs About Stephen A. Loomis
Who was Stephen A. Loomis?
Stephen A. Loomis, formally Stephen Andrew “Andy” Loomis, was a Dartmouth Class of 1965 graduate, Peace Corps volunteer, U.S. Army veteran and computer programmer. He spent many years in Canaan, New Hampshire, before living in West Lebanon after retirement.
When was Stephen A. Loomis born?
A Dartmouth Class of 1965 obituary records Stephen Andrew Loomis as having been born on December 25, 1942, in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Who was Stephen A. Loomis married to?
Stephen A. Loomis married Nancy Basehore Loomis in 1970. They later divorced. Nancy’s 2026 obituary identifies Stephen as the father of her two daughters.
Was Stephen A. Loomis married to actress Nancy Kyes?
No, the Dartmouth Class of 1965 Stephen A. Loomis covered here was married to Nancy Basehore Loomis. Actress Nancy Kyes was married to a different Stephen Andrew Loomis, a Hollywood costume designer whose obituary states that he and Kyes had no children.
Did Stephen A. Loomis have children?
Yes. Stephen A. Loomis had two daughters, Ann and Barbara. His family records also identify grandsons Maddox and Rowan.
What did Stephen A. Loomis do for a living?
Stephen A. Loomis worked as a computer programmer. Dartmouth records name Dartmouth, Mary Hitchcock Hospital, Smith, Batchelder & Rugg, and Burlington Coat Factory among his employers.
Did Stephen A. Loomis serve in the military?
Yes. After graduating from Dartmouth, Loomis served with the Peace Corps in Venezuela and later in the U.S. Army.
When did Stephen A. Loomis die?
Stephen Andrew Loomis died on December 8, 2014, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Final Thoughts
The documented story of Stephen A. Loomis is that of a Dartmouth graduate whose life moved through international service, military service, computer programming, family, and decades of connection to New Hampshire.
He graduated with Dartmouth’s Class of 1965, served in the Peace Corps in Venezuela and the U.S. Army, and later developed a career as a programmer across several major institutions. His family included former wife Nancy Basehore Loomis, daughters Ann and Barbara, grandsons Maddox and Rowan, and brother Thomas Loomis.
Perhaps the most important point for modern readers is simply getting the identity right. Stephen Andrew “Andy” Loomis of Dartmouth’s Class of 1965 should not be confused with the Hollywood costume designer of the same name who was once married to actress Nancy Kyes.
Once that confusion is removed, the public record presents a much clearer biography: Stephen A. Loomis was a programmer, veteran, Peace Corps volunteer, Dartmouth alumnus, father, grandfather, and longtime New Hampshire resident whose life was rooted more in service, work, and family than public fame.
