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	James Alfred Van Allen - FREE James Alfred Van Allen Biography \| Encyclopedia.com: Facts, Pictures, Information!
		A graduate (Ph.D 1939) of and professor of physics (1951-85) at what is now the Univ. of Iowa, where he was an influential teacher, Van Allen discovered what are now known as the Van Allen radiation belts, regions of intense radiation surrounding the earth in space.
		Van Allen also was prominent among the scientists who proposed (1950) and organized the international scientific research program that became the International Geophysical Year (1957-58).
		James van Praagh Born in Bayside, New York, and the youngest of four children, James Van Praagh, remembers himself as being...
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-VanAllenJ.html (1052 words)

	Van Allen, James Alfred (1914-2006)
		Van Allen received a BS from Iowa Wesleyan College in 1935, and a M.S. (1936) and Ph.D. (1939) from the California Institute of Technology.
		Van Allen’s career took an important turn in 1955 when he and several other American scientists developed proposals for the launch of a scientific satellite as part of the research program conducted during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957-58.
		Van Allen retired from the University of Iowa in 1985 to become Carver Professor of Physics, Emeritus, after having served as the head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy from 1951.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/V/Van_Allen.html (470 words)

	James Van Allen - Telegraph
		James Van Allen, who died yesterday aged 91, was largely responsible for the early days of the American space programme, and discovered the radiation belts which surround the Earth and are named after him.
		James Alfred Van Allen was born on September 7 1914 at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, the son of a lawyer.
		Van Allen continued to be sceptical of human ventures into space, and two years ago was publically dismissive of George W Bush's plans for a moon base and a manned mission to Mars, arguing that robots could provide all the information which might be obtained.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/obituaries/1525967/James-Van-Allen.html (964 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Science \| Obituary: James Van Allen
		The physicist James Van Allen, who has died aged 91, achieved worldwide fame by discovering and describing the vast asteroidal belts of high radiation that encircle the Earth, carry his name, reach out great distances into space and can be seen in the beauty of the auroras.
		Van Allen's space experiments began immediately after the second world war when, at White Sands, New Mexico, captured German V-2 rockets were deployed alongside US Aerobee rockets, both for technical investigation and as a basis for upper atmosphere research.
		Van Allen, at the time leading a cosmic ray expedition in the Antarctic, was summoned back to Iowa to play his part in an accelerated American response.
	www.guardian.co.uk /science/story/0,,1842150,00.html (1254 words)

	U.S. Space Pioneer, UI Professor James A. Van Allen Dies - University News Service - The University of Iowa
		The highlight of Van Allen's long and distinguished career was his use of UI-built instruments carried aboard the first successful U.S. satellite, Explorer 1, in 1958 to discover bands of intense radiation -- later known as the Van Allen radiation belts -- surrounding the Earth.
		Van Allen joined the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1948 and served as the organization's president from 1982 until 1984.
		Van Allen's many other awards and honors include membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 1959 and the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest honor for scientific achievement, presented in 1987 by President Reagan in ceremonies at the White House.
	itsnt166.iowa.uiowa.edu /uns-archives/2006/august/080906van-allen-death.html (1699 words)

	Renowned physicist and space pioneer James Van Allen dies at 91 - USATODAY.com
		Van Allen, who died Wednesday at age 91, discovered the belts of radiation surrounding the Earth that are now known as the Van Allen Belts.
		Van Allen continued to monitor data from the Pioneer 10 spacecraft for decades as it became the most remote manmade object, billions of miles away.
		Van Allen was born Sept. 7, 1914, in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/science/2006-08-09-van-allen-obituary_x.htm (985 words)

	Sputnik Biographies--James A. Van Allen (1914- )
		Van Allen's career took an important turn in 1955 when he and several other American scientists developed proposals for the launch of a scientific satellite as part of the research program conducted during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957-1958.
		Van Allen became a celebrity because of the success of that mission, and he went on to other important scientific projects in space.
		James A. Van Allen retired from the University of Iowa in 1985 to become Carver Professor of Physics, Emeritus, after having served as the head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy from 1951.
	history.nasa.gov /sputnik/vanallen.html (410 words)

	Physicist James Van Allen dies at 91 - Boston.com
		Van Allen gained global attention in the late 1950s when instruments he designed and placed aboard the first U.S. satellite, Explorer I, discovered the bands of intense radiation that surround the earth, now known as the Van Allen Belts.
		Van Allen continued to monitor data from the Pioneer 10 spacecraft for decades as it became the most remote manmade object, billions of miles away.
		Van Allen was born Sept. 7, 1914, in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
	www.boston.com /news/education/higher/articles/2006/08/09/physicist_james_van_allen_dies_at_91 (1082 words)

	Daily Iowan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Van Allen is best known for his discovery of high-intensity bands of radiation surrounding the Earth, later known as the "Van Allen Belts." Photo courtesy of Tom Jorgensen, Office of University Relations, 1990.
		James Van Allen was born in Mount Pleasant on Sept. 7, 1914, to a family that strongly valued education.
		Van Allen continued his research after the war, but realized by 1950 that his fellow lab scientists were shifting away from academic work.
	www.dailyiowan.com /news/2006/08/01/Announcements/Remembering.Van.Allen-2193003.shtml (1512 words)

	Remembering James Van Allen - Planetary News \| The Planetary Society
		James Van Allen, one of the pioneers of the Space Age, died this week at age 91.
		With Van Allen as scientist, Werner Von Braun as rocket builder, and William Pickering as spacecraft builder, Explorer 1 became the U.S. first successful space mission, and that simple spacecraft’s detection of the Van Allen Belts is remembered as the first major scientific discovery in space.
		Van was such a scientist’s scientist that he didn’t immediately see the value of putting cameras on spacecraft just to take pictures.
	www.planetary.org /news/2006/0810_Remembering_James_Van_Allen.html (405 words)

	UIAA
		James A. Van Allen has contributed so significantly to the generation of new knowledge in the field of space physics that he has gained an international renown shared by very few college professors.
		Van Allen received his M.S. degree from the UI in 1936 and his PhD in physics three years later.
		Van Allen is Carver Professor of Physics, Emeritus at the University of Iowa.
	www.iowalum.com /daa/vanallen.html (403 words)

	Gazette Online - Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Eastern Iowa (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Van Allen made a second appearance on TIME's cover in January 1961, when, at age 46, he was among 15 U.S. scientists collectively named by the magazine as "Men of the Year.'' Space, he told TIME then, "is the hole we are in -- a vast area of human ignorance.
		Van Allen was a vocal opponent of manned space exploration, which he considered "of dubious efficacy'' and a drain on limited federal funding for space exploration.
		Van Allen returned to Iowa from Johns Hopkins in 1951 as professor and head of the UI's Department of Physics, a position he held until his retirement in 1985.
	www.crgazette.com /2006/08/09/Home/vanallen.htm (1183 words)

	Space Pioneer, Physicist James Van Allen Dies at 91
		The highlight of Van Allen's career, the university said, was his use of instruments carried aboard the first successful US satellite, Explorer 1, in 1958 to discover the radiation bands -- now known as the Van Allen radiation belts -- surrounding the Earth.
		Van Allen also surveyed the radiation belts of Jupiter in 1973 using the Pioneer 10 spacecraft and discovered and surveyed Saturn's radiation belts using data from the Pioneer 11 spacecraft in 1979.
		Van Allen joined the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1948 and received its highest honors, including the John A. Fleming Award in 1963 for eminence in geophysics and the William Bowie Medal in 1977 for outstanding contributions to fundamental geophysics and for unselfish cooperation in research.
	www.photonics.com /content/news/2006/August/9/83779.aspx (1030 words)

	James A. Van Allen biography
		JAMES A. James A. Van Allen was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, on September 7, 1914.
		Van Allen's instruments were aboard the first successful American satellites, Explorers 1 and 3, launched in 1958, and provided data for the first space-age scientific discovery: the existence of a doughnut-shaped region of charged particle radiation trapped by Earth's magnetic field.
		Van Allen was elected an AGU Fellow and named John Adam Fleming Medalist in 1963,was awarded the William Bowie Medal in 1977, and served as Union President from 1982-1984.
	www.agu.org /inside/awards/vanallen.html (542 words)

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	James A. Van Allen, Discoverer of Earth-Circling Radiation Belts, Is Dead at 91 - New York Times
		James A. Van Allen was a pioneer in the exploration of outer space.
		James A. Van Allen, the physicist who made the first major scientific discovery of the early space age, the Earth-circling radiation belts that bear his name, and sent spacecraft instruments to observe the outer reaches of the solar system, died yesterday in Iowa City.
		Van Allen was a longtime professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Iowa, and, with the discovery of the Van Allen belts of intense radiation surrounding Earth, he became a leading figure in the new field of magnetospheric physics, which grew in importance as spacecraft began exploring the planets.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/08/10/science/space/10vanallen.html?ex=1312862400&en=dda53df4dca73218&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (1004 words)

	James Van Allen and Astrobiology :: Astrobiology Magazine - earth science - evolution distribution Origin of life ...
		Van Allen participated in 24 Earth satellite and planetary missions, a record never equalled by other space scientists, and he therefore had an immense impact on the way astrobiology missions were conducted in the solar system.
		Noting that cosmic rays are hazardous to human space missions, Van Allen decided to devote his future research efforts to understanding the energetic protons and bare atomic nuclei hurtling through the space environment.
		Van Allen now saw that the periods of zero count occurred because the intensity of radiation was so high that it swamped the counter.
	www.astrobio.net /news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2143 (1175 words)

	NASA - Pioneering Astrophysicist James Van Allen Dies
		NASA is remembering pioneering astrophysicist James Van Allen, who died Aug. 9 at the age of 91.
		"James Van Allen was one of the greatest and most accomplished American space scientists of our time and few researchers had such wide range of expertise in so many scientific disciplines," said NASA Administrator Michael Griffin.
		Van Allen was at the forefront of physics.
	www.nasa.gov /vision/universe/features/james_van_allen.html (463 words)

	Christine Halas on the James A. Van Allen Papers
		In 1935, Van Allen graduated summa cum laude from IWC and immediately began graduate study at The University of Iowa, where he received his M.S. in 1936 and Ph.D. in 1939, the latter under the guidance of Professor Alexander Ellett.
		Van Allen returned to the Applied Physics Laboratory, where he organized a small cadre of scientists to conduct high altitude (or upper atmosphere) experiments using captured German V 2 rockets.
		Van Allen returned to his native Iowa to head The University of Iowa's Department of Physics (renamed Physics and Astronomy in 1969).
	www.lib.uiowa.edu /spec-coll/Bai/halas.htm (2070 words)

	Sputnik Biographies--James A. Van Allen (1914- ) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		James A. Van Allen was a pathbreaking astrophysicist best known for his work in magnetospheric physics.
		Van Allen¹s career took an important turn in 1955 when he and several other American scientists developed proposals for the launch of a scientific satellite as part of the research program conducted during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957-1958.
		James A. Van Allen retired from the University of Iowa in 1985 to become Carver Professor of Physics, Emeritus, after having served as the head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy from 1951.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/sputnik/vanallen.html (410 words)

	James Van Allen Biography
		James Van Allen is best known for his discovery of the radiation belts that encircle the earth.
		James Alfred Van Allen (September 7 1914 – August 9, 2006) was an American space scientist at the University of Iowa.
		James A. Van Allen, 91, who helped launch the United States into space with the discovery that radiation belts surround the Earth, died after a heart attack Aug. 9 at the University of Iowa Hospital.
	www.bookrags.com /James_Van_Allen (351 words)

	Obituary: James Alfred Van Allen, 1914-2006
		James Van Allen (Van to his many friends and colleagues) was born on 7 September 1914 on a small farm near Mount Pleasant, Iowa, the second of four sons of Alfred Morris Van Allen and Alma Olney Van Allen.
		Van Allen's first post-graduate work was as a Carnegie Research Fellow at the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM) of the Carnegie Institution, located in Washington, DC.
		Van Allen and two colleagues took the first of the then highly secret radio proximity fuses to the South Pacific Fleet for initial field trials and introduction into combat.
	adsabs.harvard.edu /abs/2006BAAS...38.1283L (1159 words)

	Professor James Van Allen - Obituaries, News - The Independent
		James Van Allen was one of the true pioneers of the space age.
		Van Allen himself was responsible for instruments which first mapped the even more intense radiation belts of Jupiter and Saturn with the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft.
		James Van Allen bravely defended the need for science to underpin the rationale for robotic space exploration but did not feel that science could be used as the rationale for putting man into space.
	www.independent.co.uk /news/obituaries/professor-james-van-allen-412345.html (1296 words)

	Van Allen
		James A. Van Allen was a path breaking astrophysicist best known for his work in magnetospheric physics.
		Van Allen's January 1958 Explorer 1 experiment established the existence of radiation belts--later named for the scientist--that encircled the Earth, representing the opening of a broad research field.
		Its chairman was James A. Van Allen of the State university of Iowa.
	www.astronautix.com /astros/vanallen.htm (377 words)

	Losey Atmospheric Sciences Award (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 2005, the James A. Van Allen Space Environments Award was established in honor of the longtime astrophysicist.
		Dr. Van Allen was born in 1914 and became an intergral part of the development and launch of Explorer, Pioneer and Mariner scientific probes.
		The James A. Van Allen Space Environments Award is presented to recognize outstanding contributions to space and planetary environment knowledge and interactions as applied to the advancement of aeronautics and astronautics.
	www.aiaa.org /tc/ae/vanallen.htm (226 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Obituaries - James Van Allen (Site not responding. Last check: )
		JAMES Van Allen, one of the pioneers of the American space programme, who discovered the belts of radiation that encircle the Earth and gave his name to them, died in Iowa on Wednesday, aged 91.
		Van Allen was born in Iowa in 1914, the son of a lawyer who taught his four children the benefits of hard work and staying busy.
		Besides the Explorer, Pioneer and Galileo missions, Van Allen also worked on Voyager 1 and 2, as well as the Cassini mission to Saturn, which is presently unravelling the mysteries of Saturn's giant moon, Titan, with its smog-like atmosphere and hydrocarbon lakes.
	news.scotsman.com /obituaries.cfm?id=1172082006 (738 words)

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