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Frank Field
Born
Franklyn Feld

(1923-03-30)March 30, 1923
DiedJuly 1, 2023(2023-07-01) (aged 100)
Florida, U.S.
EducationBrown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation(s)Television personalty, meteorologist
Years active1958–2007
Family2, including Storm Field

Franklyn Field (March 30, 1923 – July 1, 2023) was an American television meteorologist in New York City for five decades, reporting on the weather and science and health topics. He was instrumental in publicizing the Heimlich Maneuver.[1] Field carried the Seal of Approval of the American Meteorological Society.

Field was a resident of Montclair, New Jersey, before retiring to Boca Raton, Florida.[2]

Biography

Early career

Field was born Franklyn Feld on March 30, 1923, and was of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage. His parents immigrated to America in 1909 and his last name was later Americanized to Field. His extended family that remained in Europe died in the Holocaust.[citation needed] He was a first lieutenant and meteorologist with the 8th Air Force during World War II in the European Theater.[citation needed] His meteorological training was at Brown University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Field held a B.A. in geology from Brooklyn College, a B.S. in optometry from Columbia University, and an O.D. degree from the Massachusetts College of Optometry. He was on the faculty of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Department of Preventive and Environmental Medicine. [citation needed]

Career

Field began his career in 1958 at WRCA-TV (renamed WNBC-TV in 1960), remaining there for over 25 years. On August 12, 1984, Field moved to rival WCBS-TV, where he worked for 11 years. Later, he moved to WNYW-TV for two years before ending his weather forecasting career at WWOR-TV.[3]

Field was noted for his science reports on new technology and medicines. In the 1970s and 1980s, he hosted a nationally syndicated program on health originating from WNBC, called Health Field, and anchored a similar health news program on WLNY for the North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System, called Medical Update.[4][better source needed]

Personal life and death

Field's son, Storm Field (born 1948) is a retired meteorologist who appeared on WABC-TV from 1976 to 1991. His daughter, Allison Field, is a meteorologist as well and appeared for a time on WCBS-TV.[citation needed]

Field died in Florida on July 1, 2023, at the age of 100.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Anderson, Susan Heller; and Dunlap, David W. " NEW YORK DAY BY DAY; THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER SAVES A PROPONENT", The New York Times, December 14, 1985. Accessed June 4, 2008.
  2. ^ "WEATHERING 'RETIREMENT'", New York Daily News, October 30, 2006. Accessed June 4, 2008. "The man who once had a higher Q-rating, or popularity score, than famed newsman Walter Cronkite has officially retired to Boca Raton, Fla., but maintains a house in Montclair, N.J."[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Gay, Verne (July 2, 2023). "Frank Field, legendary WNBC meteorologist, dies at 100". Newsday. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  4. ^ "Northwell Health".
  5. ^ "Pioneering Former WNBC Meteorologist Dr. Frank Field Dies at 100". NBC New York. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
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