Bethesda, MD

Interviewee Collection Sort descending Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation
Helen Wood NOAA Heritage Oral History Project

Helen joined the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in 1988 as Director of the Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution, in the NOAA Satellite and Information Service.  For more than 15 years she directed the operation of a space and Earth-based system that processed and distributed real-time data gathered by NOAA and other environmental satellites to support activities such as weather forecasting, ocean and climate monitoring, and satellite-assisted search and rescue. 

Molly Graham , , Bethesda, MD NOAA Heritage Program, National Weather Service
Jerome "Nick" Heffter NOAA Heritage Oral History Project

Dr. Jerome "Nick" Heffter served as a research meteorologist at OAR's Air Resources Lab. He was a pioneer in modeling the dispersion of nuclear radiation and other atmospheric pollutants during the Cold War.  Nick tracked the release of nuclear radiation from Chernobyl in 1986 and reported it to US leaders before Russia informed the world of what is considered the worst nuclear accident in world history.  Currently, Nick is retired from NOAA, but works as a contractor at the Air Resources Lab.

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Molly Graham Bethesda, MD NOAA Heritage Program, National Weather Service