The former Weather Service director's federal career spanned 43 years
Louis W. Uccellini, Ph.D., served more than 40 years in the Federal government, including nearly nine as director of NOAA’s National Weather Service. In an expansive series of six oral history interviews conducted between June and October 2021, Dr. Uccellini reflected on the technical shifts, major weather events, and the people he worked with in a career that brought him from a focus on research to leading the world’s premiere weather service. Dr. Uccellini retired from Federal service at the beginning of 2022.