Charles Laurie Dolph (August 27, 1918 – June 1, 1994) was an American mathematician known for his research in applied mathematics and engineering.
[2] While serving with the U.S. Navy during World War II, Dolph was part of a team of scientists who developed an IFF (“Identification: Friend or Foe”) radar system, which is still used by military and civilian aircraft today.
Dolph’s early research on antenna arrays was instrumental to the founding of Hughes Electronics.
[2] His research covered a wide range of problems in applied mathematics—including antenna theory, compressible fluid flow, shock problems, stochastic processes, plasma physics, atmospheric science, scattering theory, singular expansion methods and non-self-adjoint operators.
[1][4] He directed four doctoral theses[3] and was three times a visiting professor at German universities.