Harold Taft, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Harold Taft

meteorologist

Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1922

Place of Birth: Enid, Oklahoma, United States

Date of Death: 27-Sep-1991

Profession: weather presenter, radio personality, presenter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Harold Earnest Taft Jr.
(September 5, 1922 – September 27, 1991), affectionately known as "The World's Greatest Weatherman" and "The Dean of TV Meteorologists", was the first television meteorologist west of the Mississippi River and held the post for a record 41 years. A native of Enid, Oklahoma, he joined the Army Air Corps during World War II, and went to the University of Chicago to study meteorology.
Taft was a second lieutenant stationed in Maine on D-Day.
Erroneously, he has been listed as assisting Dwight D.
Eisenhower in settling the date of the D-Day invasion, but unfortunately, this is mere legend.
His input from Maine may have been of some minor help, but he was still too young and inexperienced to have been involved in such important matters.
However, by Korea, he was involved in major decisions where weather was an important factor.
He graduated from Phillips University in 1946 and joined American Airlines as a staff meteorologist.