"His idea of a big time is to go into his labs and just work through the weekend," said one of his associates in the 1980s.
At the memorial service, his colleagues and family indicated that he loved research. He would keep a tight schedule. Monday through Saturday, Dr. Van Allen would leave the house for work at 7:45 a.m. and come home for dinner at 6:30 p.m. He would eat dinner with his family and then go to his office to work the rest of the evening. On Sunday mornings he would cook waffles for his family and then leave to work 1/2 day or more.
I have never met such a discipline man before.
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