Grace Swanson:
CLASS OF 1974
Westlake High SchoolClass of 1974
Westlake, OH
Grace's Story
After getting a degree in Climatology from Ohio State I started my career with NOAA (Nat. Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin.) first with the National Weather Service at the Ohio Forecast Office at Cleveland Hopkins Airport as a weather observer. After a few years, NOAA sent me to get my Masters credits at the U. of Wisconsin-Madison in Meteorology. After a 2 year internship in Wilmington NC, I was recruited in 1987 by the NOAA-National Satellite Service to work in Washington DC. I'm currently a Senior Meteorologist (first woman), and work rotating shifts(24/7-weather never stops) analyzing global weather satellite imagery for natural hazards such as hurricanes, floods, fires a...Expand for more
nd smoke, and my area of expertise volcanic ash. I have gotten to do a lot of travel since 1997 when I also become manager of the Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center and a recognized expert on the hazard of volcanic ash to aviation safety. For the past nine years I have represented our country at U.N. agency meetings of the WMO (World Meteorological Org) and ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) traveling to places such as Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, France, Ecuador, Mexico, Hawaii, Alaska, Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala. In my free time I also enjoy traveling to visit family and friends (been to all 50 states), gardening and entertaining.
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