Joel Myers

Joel Myers
Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States
Residence State College, Pennsylvania
Alma mater Pennsylvania State University
Occupation Meteorologist, President and Chairman of AccuWeather, Inc.

Joel N. Myers is founder, president and chairman of the board of AccuWeather, Inc., an American commercial weather service.

Background

Myers is a native of Philadelphia, PA. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in meteorology from The Pennsylvania State University in 1961, 1963, and 1971, respectively . Myers served on the faculty of Penn State from 1964 until 1981 as instructor, lecturer and assistant professor and has taught weather forecasting to approximately 17% of all practicing meteorologists in the United States upon retirement from active teaching in 1981.[1] Myers has six children: Dan Myers, Sharon Myers, Adrienne Johnson, Brad Mason, Erika Myers, Drew Morris and Lachlan Myers.

PSU

Myers has served on the Pennsylvania State University Board of Trustees for 33 years, and continues to serve as an Emeritus Trustee.[2]

Political activities

Myers faced criticism in 2005 when he supported the National Weather Service Duties Act of 2005, a bill introduced by U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) that would have prohibited the National Weather Service from publishing weather data to the public when private-sector entities, such as AccuWeather, perform the same function commercially.[3] Myers has been a long-time large donor to the Republican Party, its candidates, and to Santorum, his home-state Senator.[4] [5] [6]

In 2007, Myers appointed his younger brother Barry Lee Myers, a business attorney, as AccuWeather's chief executive officer. The younger Myers was nominated to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in October 2017.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Penn State University - Board of Trustees". psu.edu. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.psu.edu/trustees/members/myers.html
  3. ↑ "Text of S.786". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  4. ↑ Hefling, Kimberly (2005-05-27). "Critics Question Timing of Santorum Bill". ABC News. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  5. ↑ Masters, Jeff (2005-06-20). "Update on the National Weather Service Duties Act of 2005". Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog. Weather Underground. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  6. ↑ Noah, Timothy (2005-08-02). "Santorum's Mighty Wind". Slate.com. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  7. ↑ Shepardson, David (October 12, 2017). "White House nominates AccuWeather CEO to head climate agency". Reuters. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
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