Darrell Lynn Judge (November 2, 1934, Albion, Illinois – August 26, 2014, Temecula, California)[1] was an American physicist, known for his research in solar physics, spectroscopy, and space science.
[2] His father was Virgil H. Judge, the first president of Lake Land College in Mattoon, Illinois.
"[2] He and his colleagues designed and built various instruments used onboard NASA space flight missions.
The instruments were essential for experiments flown on the Pioneer 10 and 11 space probes and the SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) spacecraft.
[4] He was elected in 1996 a fellow of the American Physical Society for "his pioneering work on the fundamental properties of atoms and molecules using selected monochromatic photon excitation and dispersed fluorescence, and their applications in space physics.