约翰·霍华德·德林格尔1886—1962

生平

1886年7月3日出生在美国俄亥俄州克利夫兰，曾就读于凯斯西储大学，1908年获乔治华盛顿大学学士学位，1913年获普林斯顿大学博士学位。1907年-1948年，德林杰作为一名物理学家工作于国家标准技术研究所，先后担任过无线电部门主管和中央无线电传播实验室主任。从1928年至1929年出任联邦无线电委员会主任工程师，并担任美国商务部无线电咨询委员会代表（1922年-1948年）。

1934年，他被任命为国际无线电科学联盟副主席，1941年任航空无线电技术委员会主席，1947年为无线电服务技术委员会主席以及1950年国际无线电咨询委员会第六无线电传播研究组主席。

1932年，德林杰被乔治华盛顿大学授予科学博士头衔。为表彰他对无线电波传播与其他自然现象间关系的研究发现以及对无线电测量及标准发展作出的贡献和在国际会议上引领世界电信合作所起的作用，1938年电气电子工程师学会授予他国际电子电气工程学会荣誉奖章。月球上的德林杰环形山就是以他的名字命名。

John Howard Dellinger (July 3, 1886 – December 28, 1962) was a noted American telecommunication engineer who discovered how solar flares caused fadeouts of short-wave radios (the Dellinger effect).

Dellinger was born in Cleveland, Ohio, first attended the Western Reserve University, in 1908 received his A.B. degree from George Washington University, and in 1913 received his Ph.D. degree from Princeton University. From 1907-1948 Dellinger worked at the National Bureau of Standards as physicist; chief, radio section; and chief, Central Radio Propagation Laboratory. From 1928-1929 he served as chief engineer of the Federal Radio Commission, and also served as a representative of the United States Department of Commerce on the Radio Advisory Committee (1922–1948).

He was appointed vice-president of the International Scientific Radio Union in 1934, chairman of the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics in 1941, chairman of the Radio Technical Commission for Marine Services in 1947, and chairman of Study Group 6 on Radio Propagation of the International Radio Consultative Committee in 1950.

In 1932 Dellinger was awarded the Sc.D. degree from George Washington University, and in 1938 the IRE Medal of Honor "for his contributions to the development of radio measurements and standards, his researches and discoveries of the relation between radio wave propagation and other natural phenomena, and his leadership in international conferences contributing to the worldwide cooperation in telecommunications. The crater Dellinger on the Moon is named in his honor.