On October 25, 1993, Earl Droessler interviews Robert N. Culnan in Charlottesville, Virginia, for the American Meteorological Society and University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Oral History Project. Culnan reflects on his extensive career in meteorology, detailing pivotal experiences that shaped the field over several decades. He recounts his early work with prominent meteorologists, including his 1940 summer with Carl-Gustaf Rossby and Jerome Namias at MIT, where he engaged in isentropic analysis under Victor Starr.