Bernard Mergen

Bernard Mergen is Professor Emeritus of American Studies , George Washington University, where he taught for 35 years. He also taught at Goteborg University in Sweden, the Community College of Philadelphia, Grinnell College in Iowa, the Free Univdersity of Berlin, and the National University of Mongolia. He now lives in the mountains of eastern West Virginia. His book Snow in America won the Ullr Award from the International Ski History Association and his book Weather Matters won the Louis J. Battan Award from the American Meteorological Society. He is currently writing a history of Pyramid Lake, Nevada, where he lived as a child. He enjoys hiking, snowshoeing, and writing poetry.