Roland L. Hansen, of Fairfield, Utah, received a
special birthday present from the National Weather Service
during his 82nd birthday celebration on April 7 2003.
Surrounded by family and friends, Hansen received the
NWS Stoll Award, a 50-year length of service award,
commemorating his tenure as a cooperative weather observer.
The award was presented by staff from NWS Western Region
Headquarters and the NWS Forecast Office Salt Lake City.
He was honored for his dedication for recording weather
conditions for this area of central Utah, and NWS estimates
he has taken more than 18,350 observations during his
tenure. Weather records began in Fairfield on September
28, 1950, by Hansen’s father-in-law, Henry Armstrong.
Hansen served as the stand-by observer from 1950 until
he took control of the station on November 24, 1952.
In 1987, Hansen received another national cooperative
observer recognition, the John Campanius Holm Award. |
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