In 1966, Dr. John C. Freeman founded the Institute of Storm Research at the University of St. Thomas. Twenty-one years later, Dr. Freeman, along with his daughter Jill F. Hasling, founded the Institute’s successor organization, Weather Research Center [a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational and research organization] to respond to a need to educate the public about weather and weather safety.  Since its inception in 1987, WRC and its meteorologists have served over million people in Texas and throughout the country offering research, forecasting, and educational services. WRC opened The John C. Freeman Weather Museum in Houston’s Museum District on April 22, 2006. The Museum provides hands-on meteorological science education to the Houston community as well as many out-of-town visitors.