Topics include: youth; first position at US Weather Bureau; development of the Aviation Weather Service; centralization of forecasting; development of instrumentation; work for Transatlantic Weather Service; aviation cadet program at NYU during World War II; analysis of Northern Hemisphere Surface Maps; postwar work in observing systems at the Weather Bureau; formation of ICAO [International Civil Aviation Organization] and North Atlantic meteorological stations; work of Irving Krick; rebuilding upper air stations and training observers in the Pacific; history of the International Geophysical Year (IGY); the IGY and Southern Hemisphere weather maps; comments on weather detection radar as well as cooperation between the National Weather Service and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) regarding satellite programs; the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and its organization.