A surreal experience.

One of my favorite classes at the University of Iowa was Astronomy. Remember, the University of Iowa boasts of James Alfred Van Allen of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, born in 1914, died in 2006.

He was the one-time head of the University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy and the man who discovered, wait for it… Van Allen radiation belt.

He’s also a teacher who made physics and astronomy comprehensible for this math-challenged student. I got an A+ in his class. Whoa… A teacher worthy of the titl...