Bollay, Eugene, 1987-08-04

Oral history interview with Eugene Bollay, 1987. Interviewed by Earl Droessler. 1 sound cassettes (ca. 2 hrs.) : analog, mono + transcript (15 pgs.). AMS 64; two physical versions (one master, one copy). Forms part of American Meteorological Society Oral History Project.

Topics include: education as electrical engineer; assistantship at Caltech under Irving Krick; influence of Petterssen and Rossby; work in hydrology at US Weather Bureau; teaching meteorology during World War II; wartime service in forecasting for bombing raids; meteorology at the Office of Naval Research postwar; activities of the American Meteorological Society, including AMS certification programs; presidency of AMS; establishment of weather modification business with Bob Elliott (North American Weather Consultants); cloud seeding in the western U.S.; support for university research in cloud physics and weather modification; attempts to modify hurricanes; youth and family.