Background
Dellinger, John Howard was born in 1886 in Cleveland, July. 3. Son of John Pfohle and Catherine (Clark) Dellinger.
Dellinger, John Howard was born in 1886 in Cleveland, July. 3. Son of John Pfohle and Catherine (Clark) Dellinger.
Student Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1903-1907. Bachelor of Arts, George Washington University, 1908. Doctor of Philosophy, from Princeton, 1913.
Doctor of Science, George Washington University, 1932.
October 11, 1909. Instructor physics, Western Reserve University, 1907-1908. Physicist. National Bureau of Standards, 1907-1948, chief of Radio Section, 1918-1946. Chief Central Radio Propagation Laboratory, 1946-1948, chief engineer Federal Radio Commission, 1928-1929.
Chief of radio section of research division, Aeronautics branch, Department of Commerce, 1926-1934.
Chief Interservice Radio Propagation Laboratory 1942-1946. Chairman Radio Technology Committee for Aeronautical, 1941-1957 (Collier award for 1948).
Chairman Radio Technology Common for Marine Services, 1947-1956. Chairman study group of radio propagation International Radio Consultative Committee, 1949-1957.
Chairman general arrangements committee for 1957 General Assembly International Scientific Radio Union.
Delegate to Conference Inter-allied Technical Committee on Radio Communication, Paris, 1921. Member technical staff Conference on Limitation of Armament, Washington, District of Columbia, 1921. Technical adviser International Radio Conference, 1927.
United States delegate International Technology Consultant
Committee on Radio Communications, The Hague, 1929, Copenhagen, 1931, and chairman United States delegation, Lisbon, 1934, Bucharest, 1937. United States representative at International Electrotechnical Commission, Italy, 1927, and Scandinavia, 1930.
Technical adviser International Telecommunication Conference, Madrid, 1932. Chairman United States commission on radio frequency allocations for scientific research National Academy of Sciences United States representative, Committee on Radio Wave Propagation, London, 1937.
Chairman radio propagation section, National Defense Research Committee, 1942-1946.
Member United States delegation Five-Power Telecommunications Conference, Moscow, 1946. United States delegate International Radio Consultive Committee, Stockholm, 1948, Geneva, Switzerland, 1951, London, 1953, Los Angeles, 1959. International Scientific Radio Union, Zurich, 1950, Sydney, Australia, 1952, The Hague, 1954, Boulder, Colorado, 1957, London, England., 1960.
Fellow Institute Radio Engineers (vice president, 1924. Member Institute of Navigation (vice president 1949-1952), American Geophysical Union, International Science Radio Union (honorary president since 1952), Associazone Italiana di Aerotecnica (honorary), Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Beta Kappa, Eta Kappa Nu (eminent. Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Radio editor: Webster’s Dictionary.
Married Carol Van Benschoten.
