Albert Peterlin, born 1944 in Forest City, Pennsylvania. In 1995 retired from the United States Air Force Reserves at the rank of Lt Col. In 1999 retired as Chief Meteorologist for the United States Department of Agriculture. Now Chief Executive Officer for ERREx, a weather, water, and environmental consulting company, and AccuClimate, a climate forecasting company. Al is a well-published genealogist with articles in “The Genealogical Helper, The Journal of the Polish Genealogical Society, Rodna Gruda, Slovenia Magazine, and the Linden Tree, the newsletter of the Slovenian Genealogy Society International. Founder and President of the Slovenian Genealogy Society International.