Frank Field: Former WNBC meteorologist dies at 100

Frank Field, a pioneering former WNBC meteorologist and health reporter, died Saturday, July 1, 2023, in Florida at 100.

Born on March 30, 1923, Field was instrumental in publicizing the Heimlich Maneuver and carried the Seal of Approval of the American Meteorological Society.

Field is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent and served as a first lieutenant and meteorologist with the 8th Air Force in the European Theater during WWII.

He studied meteorology at Brown University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He also graduated from Brooklyn College with a B.A. in geology, Columbia University with a B.S. in optometry, and the Massachusetts College of Optometry with an O.D. He was a member of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s Department of Preventive and Environmental Medicine faculty.

He began his media career in 1958 at WRCA-TV (later called WNBC-TV) and stayed there for nearly 25 years.

He moved to rival WCBS-TV, on August 12, 1984, where he worked for 11 years. He later moved to WNYW-TV for two years before ending his weather forecasting career at WWOR-TV.

Field’s wife of 75 years died several months ago and he is survived by his three children, seven grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

Source: abtc.ng