Edgar Jacob Denlinger, 69, of Princeton Junction, was called home on Saturday, October 4th at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia with his family at his side. Born in Lancaster, PA, Dr. Denlinger was a proud graduate of Pennsylvania State University and went on to earn his Masters and PHD degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He was a loving husband and father who enjoyed gardening, ballroom dancing, and the company of close family and friends. He had a distinguished career in microwave engineering, with more than 50 technical publications and 6 patents. He retired in 2003 from Sarnoff Corporation in Princeton where he received three Sarnoff Technical Achievement awards during his 30 years of employment. In addition to his employment at Sarnoff Corp, Dr. Denlinger has served as a Research Engineer at RCA Applied Research Division in Camden, a Research Faculty Member at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington MA, an Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at Drexel University and a Visiting Professor at Harvard University. Dr. Denlinger was honored with the highest membership grade of Life Fellow by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). He served on various Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT) conference technical programs, chaired various technical sessions, served on Editorial Review Boards for MTT publications and served as chairman, as well as other positions, for the Princeton Chapter of the IEEE MTT Society. Dr. Denlinger was a member of the International Standards committee, the Electromagnetic Academy, and the honor societies of Sigma Chi, Sigma Tau, Phi Kappa Phi, and Tau Beta Pi. Dr. Denlinger also served as a member of Gothic-Fraternal Masonic Lodge #270 and William Parkman Fraternal Masonic Lodge F.&A.M., Crescent Temple Shriners AAONMS, Scottish Rite Valley of Central Jersey, Tall Cedars #4, Victory Chapter #96 OES, and the West Windsor Senior Center. He was a member and former Deacon of the First Presbyterian Church of Hightstown and was active in the Boy Scouts of America

Son of the late Victor and Marian Denlinger; he is survived by his wife, Cynthia Wilson Denlinger; his children, Crystal Denlinger of Philadelphia, PA and Craig Denlinger of Memphis, TN, as well as several cousins and close friends.

Funeral service will be held 11am Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church of Hightstown. Interment will follow in Colonial Memorial Park, Hamilton. Friends may call Wednesday 6-9 pm at the Peppler Funeral Home, 114 S. Main St. Allentown and again Thursday 10am until the time of service at the Church. A Masonic service will be held Wednesday 8 pm at Peppler Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in his name to the First Presbyterian Church of Hightstown, 320 North Main Street, Hightstown, NJ 08520 or to Fox Chase Cancer Center, Development Office, 333 Cottman Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19111.