UCAR and NCAR at 40

This article summarizes the activities of the past year's 40th anniversary celebration for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). NCAR's High Altitude Obse rvatory celebrated its 60th anniversary, and NCAR's sponsor, the National S cience Foundation, celebrated their 50th. These anniversaries provided the opportunity to reflect on past accomplishments as well as look to the futur e. The article also relates the year-long community dialogue about issues i mportant to the future of these organizations and the university community.