| Full Name: | James Alfred Van Allen |
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| Birthdate: | September 7, 1914 - Mount Pleasant, Iowa |
| Death: | August 9, 2006 - Iowa City, Iowa |
| Education: | Bachelor of Science - Iowa Wesleyan College Master of Science - University of Iowa Ph.D. - University of Iowa |
| Military Service: | Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy |
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| Discoverer of the Van Allen Radiation Belts |
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| During World War II, James Van Allen served in the Pacific Theater as an assistant gunnary officer onboard the U.S.S. Washington |
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| James Van Allen with a "rockoon" research rocket | James Van Allen | William Pickering, James Van Allen, and Wehrner Von Braun with a model of the Explorer 1 satellite |
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