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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American electrical engineer (1911–1996)</div> <p><b>Donald Glen Fink</b> (November 8, 1911 – May 3, 1996) was an American <a href="/wiki/Electrical_engineer" class="mw-redirect" title="Electrical engineer">electrical engineer</a>, a pioneer in the development of <a href="/wiki/Radio_navigation" title="Radio navigation">radio navigation</a> systems and <a href="/wiki/Television" title="Television">television</a> standards, vice president for research of <a href="/wiki/Philco" title="Philco">Philco</a>, president of the <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Radio_Engineers" title="Institute of Radio Engineers">Institute of Radio Engineers</a>, General Manager of the <a href="/wiki/IEEE" class="mw-redirect" title="IEEE">IEEE</a>, and an editor of many important publications in electrical engineering.<sup id="cite_ref-ieee_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ieee-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nae_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nae-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt_obit_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt_obit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_G._Fink&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fink was born on November 8, 1911, in <a href="/wiki/Englewood,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood, New Jersey">Englewood, New Jersey</a>. As a high school student, he competed in the National Oratorical Contest on the U.S. constitution, winning first place in <a href="/wiki/Bergen_County,_New_Jersey" title="Bergen County, New Jersey">Bergen County, New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> beginning in 1929 and became editor of the undergraduate technical journal there. He graduated in 1933 with a B.Sc. in electrical communications, and spent a year as a research assistant in the MIT departments of geology and electrical engineering.<sup id="cite_ref-ire_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ire-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1934 to 1941, he worked as an editor for the magazine <a href="/wiki/Electronics_(magazine)" title="Electronics (magazine)"><i>Electronics</i></a>. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, he worked at the MIT <a href="/wiki/Radiation_Laboratory" class="mw-redirect" title="Radiation Laboratory">Radiation Laboratory</a> and traveled overseas installing <a href="/wiki/LORAN" title="LORAN">LORAN</a> sites. After the war, he became editor-in-chief of <i>Electronics</i> (1946–1952). He joined <a href="/wiki/Philco" title="Philco">Philco</a> in 1952, and in 1960 became vice president for research there; in 1962, after the merger of Philco and <a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a>, he became director of the Philco-Ford Scientific Laboratories.<sup id="cite_ref-ieee_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ieee-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nae_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nae-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ire_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ire-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fink was long associated with the <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Radio_Engineers" title="Institute of Radio Engineers">Institute of Radio Engineers</a> and its successor organization, the <a href="/wiki/IEEE" class="mw-redirect" title="IEEE">IEEE</a>. He was editor-in-chief of <i><a href="/wiki/Proceedings_of_the_IRE" class="mw-redirect" title="Proceedings of the IRE">Proceedings of the IRE</a></i> (1956–1957), member of the IRE board of directors (1949–1951 and 1956–1960), president of the IRE (beginning 1958), general manager and later executive director of IEEE (1963–1974) and, after retiring in 1974, "Director Emeritus for life".<sup id="cite_ref-ieee_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ieee-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the IEEE, he played an important role in guiding the institute through its formative years and in expanding the role of the institute from the technical and scientific study of engineering to an expanded view of engineering that also encompassed its professional and societal aspects.<sup id="cite_ref-nae_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nae-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In retirement, he continued to edit two major handbooks published by McGraw-Hill, the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Standard_Handbook_for_Electrical_Engineers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers (page does not exist)">Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <i>Electronics Engineers' Handbook</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ieee_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ieee-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nae_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nae-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He chaired the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Economic_and_Social_Council" title="United Nations Economic and Social Council">United Nations Economic and Social Council</a> science programs from 1976 to 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-nae_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nae-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contributions_to_television">Contributions to television</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_G._Fink&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Contributions to television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fink was a pioneer in the development of <a href="/wiki/Television" title="Television">television</a>; <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> writes<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_obit_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt_obit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that his 1940 textbook, <i>Principles of TV Engineering</i>, "became a standard text for people working in television development". He chaired the IRE Television System Committee, and was a member of the <a href="/wiki/NTSC" title="NTSC">NTSC</a> committee in the early 1950s; the 525-line resolution of NTSC television was his proposal.<sup id="cite_ref-ieee_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ieee-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nae_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nae-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also wrote two more books on television, <i>Television Engineering</i> and <i>Physics of Television</i>, and edited <i>Television Standards and Practice</i>, <i>Color Television Standards</i>, and the <i>Television Engineering Handbook</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-nae_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nae-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_G._Fink&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fink was honored for his wartime service by the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Freedom_(1945)" title="Medal of Freedom (1945)">Medal of Freedom</a> (1946) and a <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Certificate_of_Merit" title="President's Certificate of Merit">President's Certificate of Merit</a> (1948).<sup id="cite_ref-ieee_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ieee-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nae_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nae-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became a <a href="/wiki/Fellow" title="Fellow">Fellow</a> of the IRE in 1947 "in recognition of his espousal of high standards of technical publishing and for his wartime contributions in the field of electronic aids to navigation"; he was also elected as a fellow of the <a href="/wiki/American_Institute_of_Electrical_Engineers" title="American Institute of Electrical Engineers">American Institute of Electrical Engineers</a> in 1951 and of the <a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Engineering" title="National Academy of Engineering">National Academy of Engineering</a> in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-nae_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nae-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1972, the U.S. Army gave him their Outstanding Civilian Service Medal.<sup id="cite_ref-nae_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nae-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received the <a href="/wiki/IEEE_Founders_Medal" title="IEEE Founders Medal">IEEE Founders Medal</a> in 1977,<sup id="cite_ref-ieee_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ieee-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/IEEE_Centennial_Medal" title="IEEE Centennial Medal">IEEE Centennial Medal</a> in 1984. The <a href="/wiki/IEEE_Donald_G._Fink_Prize_Paper_Award" title="IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award">IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award</a> was established in his honor in 1979, and is given annually to "the most outstanding survey, review, or tutorial paper published in the IEEE Transactions, Journals, Magazines, or in the Proceedings of the IEEE between 1 January and 31 December of the preceding year".<sup id="cite_ref-IEEE-DGF-Award_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IEEE-DGF-Award-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_G._Fink&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Prediction of Amplitude of Oscillation in Vacuum Tube Oscillating Circuits</i>. Senior thesis, MIT, 1933.</li> <li><i>Neon Signs: Manufacture, Installation, Maintenance</i> (with Samuel C. Miller). McGraw Hill, 1935.</li> <li><i>Engineering Electronics</i>. McGraw Hill, 1938.</li> <li><i>Principles of Television Engineering</i>. McGraw Hill, 1940.</li> <li><i>Microwave Radar</i>. Radiation Laboratory, 1942.</li> <li><i>Radar Engineering</i>. McGraw Hill, 1947. Spanish edition, Nigar, 1949.</li> <li><i>Théorie et applications des tubes électroniques</i> (in French). Dunod, 1948.</li> <li><i>Television Engineering</i>. McGraw Hill, 1952. Japanese edition, Kindai Kagakusha, 1954.</li> <li><i>Color Television: Simplified Theory and Service Techniques</i>. Philco, 1954.</li> <li><i>Television Engineering Handbook</i>. McGraw Hill, 1957.</li> <li><i>The Physics of Television</i> (with David M. Luytens). Anchor, 1960. Translated into Afrikaans, Chinese, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, and Swedish.</li> <li><i>Computers and the Human Mind: An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence</i>. Doubleday Anchor Books, 1966.</li> <li><i>Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers</i>, 10th ed. (with John M. Carroll). McGraw Hill, 1968. The 11th-15th editions removed Carroll's name and added that of H. Wayne Beaty.</li> <li><i>Electronics Engineers' Handbook</i> (with Alexander A. McKenzie). McGraw Hill, 1975. The 1989 edition removed McKenzie's name and added that of Donald Christiansen.</li> <li><i>Engineers and Electrons: A Century of Electrical Progress</i> (with John D. Ryder). IEEE Press, 1983.</li> <li><i>HDTV: Advanced Television for the 1990s</i> (with K. Blair Benson). McGraw Hill, 1991.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_G._Fink&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ieee-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ieee_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ieee_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ieee_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ieee_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ieee_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ieee_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ieee_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Donald_Fink">"IEEE Global History Network - Donald Fink"</a>. 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