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Line 27: − In December 2011, the American Historical Association honored Loos with a memorial article on his career written by Gaines M. Foster. According to Foster, Loos − − <blockquote> − frequently roamed the halls, dropping into offices, talking with everyone, keeping them informed, and, without ever saying so, assuring them that they were important. He rarely created a committee, saw little point in departmental meetings, and never called one until he knew what the vote would be. Some saw him as a benevolent dictator who always got his way; more acute observers often wondered what John himself really wanted to happen. He had an amazing ability to create consensus. In part it was because he listened and everyone trusted him. It also resulted from his willingness to accept responsibility and absorb blame, rather than deflect both, like so many administrators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2011/1112/In-Memoriam-John-L-Loos.cfm|title=John L. Loos|publisher=historians.org|accessdate=March 18, 2012}}</ref></blockquote>
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From 1948 to 1951, Loos was an assistant professor at Evansville College in Evansville, [[Indiana]]. He received his Ph.D. in history from [[Washington University]] in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. From 1953 to 1955, he was an instructor of United States history at the John Burroughs School in St. Louis.<ref name=obit/>
From 1948 to 1951, Loos was an assistant professor at Evansville College in Evansville, [[Indiana]]. He received his Ph.D. in history from [[Washington University]] in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. From 1953 to 1955, he was an instructor of United States history at the John Burroughs School in St. Louis.<ref name=obit/>
==Academic career==
==Academic career==
Other books by Loos include ''The American Presidents'' (1986), with co-authors Tracy Irons-Georges and Frank Northern Magill, and ''Great Events from History: North American Series, 1895-1955'', the latter also co-authored by Frank Magill.<ref>{{cite web|
Other books by Loos include ''The American Presidents'' (1986), with co-authors Tracy Irons-Georges and Frank Northern Magill, and ''Great Events from History: North American Series, 1895-1955'', the latter also co-authored by Frank Magill.<ref>{{cite web|
url=http://www.bookfinder.com/author/john-l-loos/|title=John L. Loos|publisher=Salem Press|accessdate=October 1, 2011}}</ref>In 1959, the LSU Press published Loos's ''Oil on Stream! A History of Interstate Oil Pipe Line Company, 1909-1959.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jstor.org/pss/3101402|title=''Oil on Stream!''|publisher=jstor.org|accessdate=October 2, 2011}}</ref>
url=http://www.bookfinder.com/author/john-l-loos/|title=John L. Loos|publisher=Salem Press|accessdate=October 1, 2011}}</ref>In 1959, the LSU Press published Loos's ''Oil on Stream! A History of Interstate Oil Pipe Line Company, 1909-1959.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jstor.org/pss/3101402|title=''Oil on Stream!''|publisher=jstor.org|accessdate=October 2, 2011}}</ref>
==Family, death, and legacy==
==Family, death, and legacy==
In 2005, LSU launched the John L. Loos Professorship in History. The first recipient is David Culbert, an historian of film and media.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsu.com/unv002.nsf/(NoteID)/F2DAD689C5F662E1862570B900546C11?OpenDocument|title=David Culbert named first John Loos Professorship in History, November 14, 2005|publisher=lsu.com|accessdate=October 1, 2011}}</ref>
In 2005, LSU launched the John L. Loos Professorship in History. The first recipient is David Culbert, an historian of film and media.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsu.com/unv002.nsf/(NoteID)/F2DAD689C5F662E1862570B900546C11?OpenDocument|title=David Culbert named first John Loos Professorship in History, November 14, 2005|publisher=lsu.com|accessdate=October 1, 2011}}</ref>