Irving Wolff (6 July 1894 in New York City – 5 December 1982 in Princeton, New Jersey) was an American physicist and pioneer of radar.
Working under David Sarnoff, Irving Wolff also developed a ten-inch diameter open cone loudspeaker to compete with Western Electric.
[11] In 1934 Wolff and his team from the research staff from the RCA-Victor Company demonstrated prototype radar equipment to the United States Army Signal Corps at Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey.
Using reflected 9-centimeter radio waves, the RCA team located and followed the progress of a ship entering New York Harbor about a half mile (.8 kilometer) away.
[12][13][14] Irving Wolff's areas of research included wide band radar and radio antennae that could fit within the body of high speed aircraft.
[13] Dr. Wolff held over 80 patents and made important contributions not only to microwave radar but also loudspeaker acoustics, infrared detection, and radio frequency heating.