On February 7, 1990, Roscoe R. Braham, Jr. interviewed Horace R. Byers at the Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society in Anaheim, California. Byers, a pioneer in meteorology, begins the interview by reflecting on his early career, particularly his education at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was introduced to meteorology in 1925. He recounts the influence of key figures in meteorology, such as Richard J. Russell and John B. Leighly, and his early work on El Niño.