<sod>'''James Lauer Green''' is an [[United States|American]] space physicist born in [[Burlington, Iowa]].  After receiving a Ph.D. in [[Physics]] from the [[University of Iowa]], Green began his professional career working in the Magnetospheric Physics Branch at NASA's [[Marshall Space Flight Center]] (MSFC).  He developed and managed the Space Physics Analysis Network (SPAN) that provided international scientists with rapid access to data and colleagues.<ref>Introduction to the Space Physics Analysis Network (SPAN), NASA-TM-86499, 1985,</ref><ref>Green, J. L., The Space Physics Analysis Network, Computer Physics Communications, v.49, April 1988</ref>   <eod>
<sod>'''James Lauer Green''' is an American space physicist.  After receiving a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Iowa, Green began his professional career working in the Magnetospheric Physics Branch at NASA's [[Marshall Space Flight Center]].  He developed and managed the Space Physics Analysis Network (SPAN) that provided international scientists with rapid access to data and colleagues.<ref>Introduction to the Space Physics Analysis Network (SPAN), NASA-TM-86499, 1985,</ref><ref>Green, J. L., The Space Physics Analysis Network, Computer Physics Communications, v.49, April 1988</ref>   <eod>