Obituary [John F. Dillon]

The Board of Direction of the Institute of Radio Engineers John F. Dillon. His career has been a notable one from the viewpoint of service to the public. For nearly thirty years he served in the Army of the United States, rising to the grade of Lieutenant-Colonel. For fifteen years he was a member of the Federal Radio Inspection Service of the United States Government, having been one of the first radio inspectors appointed in the United States. At the height of his career he was appointed a member of the Federal Radio Commission in 1927. He served with the Commission inWashington in framing the preliminarypolicies and tentative regulations of that body until severe illness in June, 1927 prevented the continuance of his activities. Colonel Dillon was an active worker in the radio field-from its earliest days and was responsible for much of the development and coordination of radio communication on the Pacific Coast. He was´ a Fellow of the Institute of Radio Engineers, Chairman of the San Francisco Section of the Institute, and an active participant in Institute activities.