1960 U.S. Scientists 5

Several individual scientists were selected to represent U.S. scientists for the purpose of this award, one of which was James Van Allen. I currently work in Van Allen Hall, where Van Allen kept an office until he died a couple years ago. He used to park his Jeep outside the back door of our lab, I rode in the same elevator with him a few times, and I've attended seminars where he was present. I unfortunately never took the chance to speak to him directly.