hiː sˈɜːvd æz ɐ sˈuːpɚvˌaɪzɚɹ ʌvðə tˈɔːnəs əbzˈɜːvətˌoːɹi ʌv dʒˌiːoʊfˈɪzɪks ænd mˌiːɾɪoːɹˈɑːlədʒi æt ðæt jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi bᵻfˌoːɹ mˈuːvɪŋ tə ðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi fˈoːɹ tə tˈiːtʃ dʒˌiːoʊfˈɪzɪks ænd mˌiːɾɪoːɹˈɑːlədʒi æt ðə pˌɛnsɪlvˈeɪniə stˈeɪt jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi.
He served as a supervisor of the Taunus Observatory of Geophysics and Meteorology at that university before moving to the United States in 1934 to teach geophysics and meteorology at the Pennsylvania State University.