Jack passed away peacefully at The Glebe Centre in Ottawa.

Born in Warner, AB, Jack developed a passion for radio communications during his teen years and became a licensed radio amateur in 1947 (VE7QH, then VE3BLW, and until recently, VE2CV/VE3CVV).

After completing his BASc in electrical engineering and MASc at UBC, he joined the Defense Research Board’s Radio Propagation Laboratory (RPL) in Ottawa. He was awarded an Athlone Fellowship in 1953 and was accepted as a PhD candidate by St. John's College, University of Cambridge, to study with the late J.A. Ratcliffe, then head of the Radio Group, Cavendish Laboratories. Jack received his PhD (PhD Cantab) in radio physics in 1958. He returned to Ottawa where he continued a lifelong career in radio science with the Communications Research Centre, Shirley’s Bay.

Projects dear to his heart included the development of trail radio in Canada’s North and later, in retirement, recreating the experiments of Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, a Canadian-American radio pioneer.

Jack served as deputy chairman and then chairman of the AGARD Electromagnetic Propagation Panel from 1979-83. He was a Fellow Member of the Radio Club of America, a Life Member of the Antique Wireless Association and the Quarter Century Wireless Association, and a Life Senior Member of the IEEE (Antennas and Propagation Society).

At the 98th annual meeting of the Radio Club of America in November 2007, he was awarded The Armstrong Medal for his contributions to radio art and science.