Dr. Cressman Passed Away
I received word that Dr. George Cressman, tenth Director of the NWS, passed away at 1:30 pm on Saturday, April 19. Dr. Cressman was NWS Director from 1965 to 1979. It was during his tenure, in 1970, that NOAA was formed.
Dr. George Cressman was the first Director of the Numerical Meteorological Center, a position he held from 1954-1964. In 1965, Dr. Cressman was named Chief of the Weather Bureau and supervised the transition of the Weather Bureau to the National Weather Service following the creation of NOAA in 1970.
Mrs. Cressman is currently planning to hold a memorial service in 2-3 weeks.
-Brian-
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Brian Peters is one of the television meteorologists at ABC3340 in Birmingham and a retired NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist. He handles the weekend Weather Xtreme Videos and forecast discussion and is the Webmaster for the popular WeatherBrains podcast.Subscribe
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