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Legacies Project Oral History: Victoria Loomis

Victoria Suane Milton was born in 1933 and grew up in River Rouge, Michigan. Her mother was of French creole background from New Orleans. In 1938 her father, Samuel B. Milton, founded one of Michigan’s first Black-owned hospitals, Sidney A. Sumby Memorial Hospital. He was also the first Black Wayne County coroner. After getting her BA in social work from the University of Michigan in the 1950s, Victoria returned to work at Sumby Memorial Hospital in purchasing and housekeeping. She and her husband John Loomis had six children, including a set of triplets. She passed away in 2021.

Victoria Loomis was interviewed in partnership with the Museum of African American History of Detroit and Y Arts Detroit in 2009-2010 as part of the Legacies Project.

Lt. Col. John F. Harris Is Decorated For His Service In The Korean War, December 1951

Lt. Col. John F. Harris Is Decorated For His Service In The Korean War, December 1951 image
Year:
1951
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 14, 1951
Caption:
ARMY SURGEON DECORATED HERE: A citation for his work in the treatment and evacuation of wounded soldiers in Korea last summer caught up with Lt. Col. John F. Harris (center) today. Here Col. Charles C. Sloane (left), presents a Commendation Ribbon with Medal Pendant (first oakleaf cluster) to Lt. Col. Harris while Col. Charles D. Wiegand, chairman of the U-M Department of Military Science and Tactics looks on. Col. Harris, regimental surgeon with the Ninth Infantry Regiment, Second Division, in Korea, is now studying in the University School of Public Health under an Army program. Col. Sloane, commanding officer of the Ninth Regiment, is here spending a leave at his home, 519 Onondaga St.
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Washtenaw County Emergency Medical Service Unit, May 1942 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Washtenaw County Emergency Medical Service Unit, May 1942 image
Year:
1942
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 26, 1942
Caption:
Throughout Washtenaw county emergency medical service units like the one pictured above are being organized to provide medical care on the scene in the event of air raids or other war-time disasters. The unit shown here is based at the University health service. From left to right are Armin A. Darmstaetter and William T. Counter, both University medical students, stretcherbearers; Mrs. Claire Wesch and Mrs. Dorothy Bissell, nurses; Dr. John O. Kennedy and Dr. Wilma Sacks, physician; and Dr. William M. Brace, director of operations. In emergencies, the unit will travel with the local ambulance pictured here.
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