State College, Pa. -- Pennsylvania State University says Joel Myers, founder of AccuWeather Inc., has made a $2 million gift to the school to ensure its leadership in meteorology.
Myers, a Penn State trustee and alumnus, said the gift will support the university's new weather center. Officials said the gift is the largest ever made to the school's Department of Meteorology and among the largest ever received for programs in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.
School officials said the new weather facility will be named "The Joel N. Myers Weather Center."
