James L. Burch is vice-president of space science and engineering@Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. He graduated with a Ph.D. in space science from Rice University in 1968. He is principal investigator of the NASA IMAGE mission and principal investigator of the instrument suite science team for the NASA Magnetospheric Multiscale mission. He is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and an awardee of the AGU Van Allen Lectureship. Address: Space Science and Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute, P. O. Drawer 28510, San Antonio, TX 78228-0510. Internet: jburch@swri.edu