Van Allen

Van Allen may refer to:

  • Van Allen Building, a four story building in Clinton, Iowa
  • Van Allen radiation belt, a torus of energetic charged particles around Earth

People named Van Allen:

  • James Van Allen (1914-2006), American space scientist
  • John Delbert Van Allen (1850-1928), retail dry goods merchant and department store owner
  • Mark van Allen (born 1954), American musician
  • Shaun Van Allen (born 1967), former hockey player
  • Van Allen Plexico (born 1968), science fiction and fantasy author

Famous quotes containing the words van and/or allen:

    “Linguistically, and hence conceptually, the things in sharpest focus are the things that are public enough to be talked of publicly, common and conspicuous enough to be talked of often, and near enough to sense to be quickly identified and learned by name; it is to these that words apply first and foremost.”
    —Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)

    “I have misplaced the Van Allen belt
    the sewers and the drainage,
    the urban renewal and the suburban centers.
    I have forgotten the names of the literary critics.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)