The Imperial Crown published in July 1960 included this short article announcing that Mr. Robert M. Laperouse received an honor from the US Weather Bureau.
Here's an undated photo of Mr. Laperouse at his weather station. I think the date must be sometime in the 1940s. I know the station was located on the north boundary of the refinery complex in later years when Donald Brooks made the recordings. This appears to be a different location.
