John George Trump was an American electrical engineer, inventor, and physicist. He was a recipient of U.S. President Ronald Reagan's National Medal of Science, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Trump was influential in the development of radar and short-wave radar equipment. He was appointed director of the British branch of the M.I.T. Radiation Lab in 1944. He was born on August 21, 1907 in New York City, New York, U.S. Trump received his B.S. (EE) from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (1929), his M.S. (physics) from Columbia University, and his D.Sc. (EE) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (1933). He was a professor at MIT in 1936-1973. He was the author of nearly 80 scientific publications and the recipient of many awards, including His Majesty's Medal, given by George VI in 1947; the President's Certificate of Merit, presented by President Truman in 1948; and the Lamme Medal, awarded in 1960 by the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. In 1983, he was the recipent of the National Medal of Science.