Topics include: meteorology in the 1970s; bringing together the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and the American Meteorological Society (AMS); human impact on climate and the ozone layer; meteorology as a multidisciplinary science; presidency of the AMS and of the meteorology section of the AGU; surveying the AMS; World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 100th anniversary; visiting China; how he became interested in meteorology; early projects at the Rand corporation; work at the National Center for Atmopsheric Research (NCAR); early life and family.