Bob Berkovitz:
CLASS OF 1960
Central High SchoolClass of 1960
St. paul, MN
University of Washington - Atmospheric ScienceClass of 1969
Seattle, WA
University of MinnesotaClass of 1964
Minneapolis, MN
Franklin Magnet Elementary SchoolClass of 1956
St. paul, MN
Randolph Heights Elementary SchoolClass of 1956
St. paul, MN
Bob's Story
Life
I retired from the National Weather Service in Phoenix, AZ in January of 2005, after 37 1/2 years of federal service. I have 2 grown daughters, one of which lives in Texas. She and her husband adopted three siblings (including a set of twin girls) from Russia in 2003, and adopted another boy from Russia in 2009. The other daughter lives in Phoenix and she and her husband have two boys. I finally did my dream trip, a cruise to Alaska, in August of 2006. What beautiful natural sights! This was followed by another cruise with different sights early in 2008 to the Mexican Riviera. As always, I try to keep in shape and do work out usually 5 days per week doing cardiovascular activities (including several aerobic classes like step and kick boxing classes and a spin cycle class), and weights. I am presently the program chair of the Tempe, AZ chapter of NARFE (National Active and Retired Federal Employee Organization), and do volunteer work at the Arizona Science Center.
School
Franklin Elementary School 1947-1955, St.Paul, MN
Randolph Elementary School 1955-1956 St. Paul, MN
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ral High School 1956-1960 St. Paul, MN
College
University of Washington 1966-1969 BS in Atmospheric Science
University of Minnesota 1960-1963.
Workplace
Retired from the National Weather Service in Phoenix Arizona in Jan of 2005. Started with the NWS in Seattle, Washington in 1969, moved to Yuma, AZ in 1973 as the agricultural meteorologist for the NWS, and then to Phoenix in 1977 as the Fire Weather Meteorologist until retirement. Part of my responsibility as a Fire Weather Meteorologist was to go out to large forest fires and brief the fire teams on expected weather, using forecast model data, satellite, radar, and observation information. A very enjoyable and interesting career, I had probably been out on over a hundred forest fires during my career, many in the national forests and national parks in the western states. I had also taught weather and fire behavior courses for the different fire agencies as part of my job, as well as doing public forecasting for portions of Arizona and southeast California.
Military
Army at the Yuma Proving Grounds 1964-1966 on the Met team
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