Frank Field (meteorologist) obituary

Frank Field (meteorologist) obituary – Frank Field was a pioneering former WNBC meteorologist and health reporter. He was born on March 30, 1923 and died Saturday, July 1, 2023, in Florida at 100. He died a few months after celebrating his 100th birthday.

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 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 rose to national prominence when Johnny Carson decided needling “NBC’s crack meteorologist” would be good fun and he became a regular guest on “The Tonight Show.”

Field matched wits with the popular comedian, somehow managing to maintain his dignity and air of authority.

He spent his post-TV weather forecasting years campaigning for fire safety.

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

Source: abtc.ng