Jack Belrose


John Skelton Belrose was a Canadian radio scientist.

Life and career

Belrose was born in the small town of Warner, Alberta on 24 November 1926. He attended the University of Cambridge, where he was awarded a PhD in 1958. He worked for the Defence [Research Telecommunications Establishment] for 33 years. He was a member of the Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame and, along with Walter Cronkite, was awarded the Radio [Club of America]'s Armstrong Medal on 16 November 2007. Belrose died on 19 September 2024, at the age of 97.