One of the greatest predictors of all time, Dr. Joel Myers, joins us on this rare interview on Legends. He and his team started Accu-Weather back in 1962 at Penn State. Hear about their beginnings and the challenges that still remain. Myers is a native of Philadelphia. He founded AccuWeather in State College, in 1962. Myers served on the faculty of Penn State from 1964 until 1981 as instructor, lecturer, and assistant professor and he estimates that by the time he retired from teaching he had taught weather forecasting to approximately 17% of all practicing meteorologists in the United States.[1] Additionally, he served on the Pennsylvania State University Board of Trustees for 33 years, and continues to serve as an Emeritus Trustee.[2] Dr. Myers received the American Meteorological Society’s 2018 Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of Applied Meteorology,[3] and the National Weather Association’s 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award,[4] in addition to numerous other accolades. He is a Trustee of the Board of Directors for the Committee for Economic Development (CED), where he also serves on the Education subcommittee, and he is a Fellow of the Nantucket Project.[5]
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