{{Short description|American sociologist and sexologist (1940–2017)}} {{Third-party|date=July 2020}} {{infobox scientist |name=John DeLamater |birth_date={{birth date|1940|10|12}} |birth_place=San Diego, California, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|2017|12|13|1940|10|12}} |alma_mater=University of Michigan |occupation=Sociologist, sexologist |children=3 |fields=Sociology, sexology }} '''John Delos DeLamater''' (October 12, 1940 – December 13, 2017) was an American sociologist and sexologist who taught at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he was the Conway-Bascom Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology.
He was born to Clarence Delos DeLamater and Ethel Anna Hunter, on October 12, 1940, in San Diego, California. DeLamater earned a doctorate in social psychology from the University of Michigan in 1969, and joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison the same year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Curriculum Vitae|url=https://www.ssc.wisc.edu/soc/faculty/CVs/Delacv0917.pdf|accessdate=December 18, 2017|publisher=University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Sociology|date=September 2017}}</ref> DeLamater was named a fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, received the Alfred E. Kinsey award for sex research, and served as editor of the ''Journal of Sex Research''.{{cn|date=July 2020}} He had three children.{{cn|date=July 2020}} He donated two PCC streetcars to the City of Kenosha, Wisconsin, which operate on their trolley line and are dedicated to his memory.<ref>{{cite news|title=DeLamater, John Delos|url=http://host.madison.com/news/local/obituaries/delamater-john-delos/article_e8f1147f-b836-5324-9150-c8a0636d5fd0.html|accessdate=December 18, 2017|publisher=Madison.com|date=December 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=3. Kenosha StreetCar Society|url=http://www.kenoshastreetcarsociety.org/history}}</ref>
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