Abstract
Juergen Tonndorf was born in Goettingen, Germany and received his medical education and training in otolaryngology at the University of Keil. He served as captain in the submarine corps of the German Navy during World War II, beginning his scientific career studying the effects of increased atmospheric pressure on hearing. His career in the United States began in 1947 at the school of Aviation Medicine, Randolph Field, Texas, then as research professor in the department of Otolaryngology at the University of Iowa. He joined the department of Otolaryngology at Columbia University in 1962, establishing an auditory physiology laboratory which he directed until his retirement in 1982. Dr. Tonndorf combined a uniquely broad scientific curiosity and an extensive knowledge of both scientific and clinical subjects with an enormous capacity for hard work to produce a rich body of scientific achievements that included 157 publications on subjects that ranged from cochlear mechanics to the inhibition of tinnitus. He collaborated with a varied and distinguished group of hearing scientists, engineers, and physicians including many students with no previous research experience. Juergen Tonndorf was the scientist's clinician as well as the clinicians's scientist. He brought us together and inspired us. He is very much needed today.
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