'''David T. Dellinger''' was born in Wakefield, Massachusetts. He graduated ''magna cum laude'' in 1936.
Dellinger was an ambulance driver during the [[Spanish Civil War]].
During [[World War II]] Dellinger refused to register for the draft in the [[United States]] and served two prison terms. During the [[Vietnam War]] Dellinger worked as a [[community organizer]] for the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam (NMC).<ref>''[http://books.google.com/books?id=KAhbAAAAIAAJ&q=david+t.+dellinger#search_anchor Political Trials]'', Theodore L. Becker, Bobbs-Merrill, 1971, p. 135.</ref>