Alumni

Here is a list of former Atmospheric Science students at KU. If you are an alumnus and would like to be included, simply contact the webmaster.  We had a hardware failure over Winter Break 2002, so if your information needs to be changed, please send us another e-mail and we'll get right on it.

NAME / Webpage

E-MAIL

CURRENT JOB

1976

Lawrence Lollar
Physics and Chemistry Teacher at A. C. Jones High School, Beeville, TX

1980

Steve Mirsky Manager/Chief Meteorologist, Weather Command
(Murray and Trettel, Inc.), Palatine, IL

1982

Evan Jones evanjones@iname.com Senior Engineer, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp, Albuquerque, NM

1983

Mark Watson
(deceased)

  President Wausau Area Catholic Schools, Wausau Wisconsin

1984

Stanley C. Howerton hwcomdso@horizon.hit.net --

1985

Randy Baker rtbaker@ups.com Senior Meteorologist, UPS Airlines, Louisville, KY
Bob Harrigan Siestabob@aol.com Chief Meteorologist, WWSB-TV, Sarasota, FL
Steven Kisner steven.kisner@noaa.gov

Warning Coordination Meteorologist
NWSFO, Hastings, NE

1986

Scott Whitmore -- Journeyman Forecaster, National Weather Service, Topeka, KS

1987

Eric Boldt eric.boldt@noaa.gov Warning Coordination Meteorologist
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard
Barry Brandt weather@katv.com Meteorologist, KATV Little Rock, AR.
Michelle Joest joest@cadence.com Information Delivery Staff

1988

Kevin Darmofal kevin.darmofal@noaa.gov Lead Meteorologist, WFO Wichita
Scott Dergan -- NWSFO, Topeka, KS
John Dolusic jdolusic@wtva.com Meteorologist, WTVA-TV, Tupelo, MS
Mark McMahon markmcmahon@earthlink.net KC-135R pilot, Nebraska Air National Guard
Rob Peppers 13news@wibw.com Meteorologist, WIBW-TV, Topeka, KS
Douglas Watson dwatson@kdheks.gov Staff Meteorologist, Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment, Topeka, KS

1989

Jeff Gerber jgerber@wfsa.com Meteorologist, WSFA-TV, Montgomery, AL
Matt Hinkin WXCHINOOK@aol.com Meteorologist, WATE-TV, Knoxville, TN
John LaGue -- --
Mike LaPoint mlapoint@touchtmj4.com Morning/Midday Meteorologist, WTMJ-TV Milwaukee, WI
Larry Lowe lnl@awips1.abrfc.noaa.gov HAS Forecaster
Jon Mabry Jonathan.Mabry@constellation.com  Energy Meteorologist
Constellation Commodities Group
Baltimore, MD

1990

Mark Bogner mbogner@ksn.com Morning Meteorologist, KSNW-TV, Wichita, KS
Bryan Ruby bryansd@aol.com National Weather Service, Sioux Falls, SD
Ray Gomez -- --
Larry Hinson Larry.Hinson@noaa.gov NWSFO, Omaha, NE
Ryan McCammon winter86@swbell.net NWSFO, Dodge City, KS
Brent Shaw bshaw@wdtinc.com V.P., Director of NWP Laboratory,
Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.
Norman, OK
Brian Walawender Brian.Walawender@noaa.gov Information Technology Officer, NWSFO, Topeka, KS

1991

Matt Foster vortex@shreve.net Senior Forecaster, NWSO Shreveport, LA
Austen L. Onek austen.onek@wreg.com Meteorologist, WREG-TV/DT, Memphis, TN
Daniel R. Wilkus dan_wilkus@wr.com Air Programs Manager, Westar Energy, Co.

1992

Michael W. Ceule mike.pam@ceule.net Offutt AFB, Nebraska
David Eversole (M.S.) david.eversole@noaa.gov NWSFO, Mobile, AL
Rick Katzfey weather8@WVLT-TV.com Chief Meteorologist, WVLT-TV, Knoxville, TN
Jeff Manion jeffrey.manion@noaa.gov National Weather Service, Pleasant Hill, MO
Brandt Maxwell (M.S.)
brandt.maxwell@noaa.gov NWSFO, San Diego, CA
Mike Nicco MNicco@aol.com Meteorologist, KARK-TV, Little Rock, AR
Jim Phillips jimp@websurf.net Meteorologist, KAKE-TV, Wichita, KS
Jillene Wahl jwahl@kake.com Meteorologist, KAKE-TV, Wichita, KS
John Winter jwinter3@tampabay.rr.com Meteorologist, WFLA-TV, Tampa, FL

1993

James Dudley James.Dudley@noaa.gov NWSFO, Hanford, CA
Joe Heim (M.S.) -- --
Mike Hudson mhudson@qni.com National Weather Service, Pleasant Hill, MO
Marc Kramer huskerhawk@hotmail.com Meteorologist KETV, Omaha, NE
Rob Koch rkoch@kstp.com Meteorologist, KSTP-TV, Minneapolis, MN
Andy Kula andy.kula@noaa.gov Senior Forecaster, NWSFO, Huntsville, AL
Kyle J. Lucas lucaskj@bv.com Black & Veatch Engineering, Kansas City
Rodney Price Rprice8@cox.net Weekend Morning Meteorologist, KWCH-TV, Wichita, KS
York Schweder schweder@midusa.net --
Kurt Shobe zzshobe@wu.acc.edu Instructor, Washburn Univ., Topeka, KS

1994

Don Coash dcoash@ibm.net WeatherData, Inc., Wichita, KS
Susan Glantz Mangan rnsuzee@gmail.com RN and CPA, Shawnee Mission Medical Center
Brian Loving bloving@usgs.gov Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT
Kevin Polston kev54@kcnet.com Meteorologist, NWS Training Center, KCMO
Clinton Rockey clinton.rockey@noaa.gov NWSFO, Portland, OR
Andy Ward (M.S.) auward@northernnet.com Physics and Chemestry teacher, Moose Lake, MN

1995

Rob Brooks jayhawk@estreet.com Northrop Grumman - Mission Systems, Denver, CO
Mickey Delfelder themick88@yahoo.com Self-Employed; Freelance Multimedia Developer
Alan Denton -- --
Abby (Walsh) Goodman agoodman@trinityconsultants.com Air Quality Consultant, Trinity Consultants, Overland Park, Ks
Sarah Heeb wws@ix.netcom.com Widespread Weather Services, Inc.
Susan K. Kula skula@iastate.edu Air Pollution Meteorologist with Iowa State University
Chris Murphy cwmurph@email.clover.net Shipping manager, Edgetech I.G., Inc.
Karen Orcutt (M.S.) karen.f.orcutt@saic.com Software Engineer & Meteorologist, Science Applications International Corporation, Hampton, VA
Gregg Potter gregg@anythingweather.com President & Lead Meteorologist at AnythingWeather Communications, Inc.
Chad Sandwell 4caster@longlines.com Chief Meteorologist, KMEG/KPTH-TV,
Sioux City, IA
Brad Travis btravis@waff.com Meteorologist, WAFF-TV, Huntsville, AL
Robyn Weeks rweeks@weather.com The Weather Channel

1996

Scott Evers tornado@tampabay.rr.com AEGON, St. Petersburg, FL
Jeff House twilite_demand@yahoo.com Weather Data Inc, Wichita, KS
Matt Jezewski mattj@chinook.phsx.ukans.edu --
Richard Naden (M.S.) maden@fs.fed.us
Predictive Services Fire Weather Meteorologist for the National Park Service at SWCC, Albuquerque, NM
Seth Loyd sloyd@iastate.edu Grad School, Iowa State Univ.
Scott Stanford scott@nc.rr.com GlaxoWellcome, Research Triangle Park, NC

1997

Dennis Fraker fraker@twinlakes.com --
Jennifer Jackson schoningd@aol.com --
Kevin Lawrence lawrence@kfyrtv.com Chief Meteorologist, KFYR-TV (NBC), Bismarck, ND
Demarick Patton dj316p@falcon.cc.ukans.edu --
Eric Renner - - --
Paul Shallberg pauls@falcon.cc.ukans.edu --
Scott Watson Scott.Watson@noaa.gov Forecaster, NWSFO, Springfield, MO
Grant Wimmer gwimmer@secnetgroup.com Secure Network Groups, Lawrence

1998

Amy Akers amy.akers@wichitaymca.org Staff & Membership Development Director
Greater Wichita YMCA
Mark Burger Mark.Burger@noaa.gov NWSFO, Wichita, KS.
Geoffrey Dawson dawson.geoffrey@shaw.af.mil Flight Commander, 28th Operational Weather Squadron, Shaw AFB, SC
Nate Higgins nhiggins@wrex.com Chief Meteorologist, WREX Rockford, IL.
Ryan Jewell Ryan.Jewell@noaa.gov Forecaster, Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK.
Aaron W. Johnson Aaron.Johnson@noaa.gov NWSFO, Goodland, KS.
David Nadler David.Nadler@noaa.gov Senior Forecaster, NWSFO Huntsville, AL
Kimberly Simms (Friedrichsen) kimothy_s@yahoo.com Insight Consulting Services, IT Technical Consultant

1999

Kris (Zentmire) Butler -- The Forrester Group, Springfield, MO
Chris Dillon dilloncg@bv.com Black & Veatch, Overland Park, KS
Sarah Dougan -- --
Walter Geiger synoptic2@hotmail.com Meteorologist, Western Texas Weather Mod
Julie Harms -- ------
Aaron Justus ajjustus@hotmail.com Weather Producer KMBC-TV, Kansas City, MO.
Stephanie (Lovett) Klipfel okbyenow@aol.com Meteorologist, Delta Airlines
Mick McGuire Mickey.Mcguire@noaa.gov NWSFO Goodland, KS
Bryan Robbins robio2@hotmail.com Aviation Meteorologist, Jeppesen DataPlan, Los Gatos, CA
Lance Steele lancesteele42@yahoo.com Offshore Forecast Coordinator, Weathernews Americas Inc, Norman, OK

2000

Doug Cramer Doug.Cramer@noaa.gov NWSFO in Springfield, Missouri
Emily Behrens EBBehrens@cvty.com Coventry Health Care of Kansas, Financial Analyst
Matthew Elwell melwellku@hotmail.com Meteorologist, Channel 6, Lawrence, KS
Israel Jirak -- Colorado State University
Erin Jurecic -- --
Caleb Midgley -- Texas Tech University
Catherine Sherfey -- Environmental Scientist
Black & Veatch, Overland Park, KS
Ryan Shirk shirkr@hotmail.com Project Manager, Tetra Tech, Inc., Wichita, KS

2001

William DeWitt - -
Brian Koochel - Meteorologist, Weather or Not
Tiffany (Smith) Le tle@bpu.com Environmental Scientist, Air Quality Program
Board of Public Utilities, Kansas City, KS
Keith Weber keith.weber@westarenergy.com Environmental Analyst, Westar Energy

2002

Lucas Boyer - -
Adam Burnett - -
David Crnkovich dcrnkovich@yahoo.com Chief Meteorologist, WOHL-TV, Lima OH
Karen Eagle Karen.Eagle@noaa.gov Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO
Matt Harden - -
Doug Heady - Chief Meteorologist, KOAM-TV, Pittsburg, KS
Jeff Johnson jjohnson1500@hotmail.com 2nd Lt. AFWA, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE
Matt Makens makensm@sunflower.com Weekend Meteorologist, KSNT-TV, Topeka, KS
Menola Paiva - Weather Officer, USAF
Matt Sayers msayers@sunflowerbroadband.com Morning Meteorologist, 6NEWS Lawrence
Darrel Smith drsmith57@hotmail.com Meteorologist, National Weather Service Forecasting Office, Topeka, KS
Mike Umscheid - -
Wu Meng-Geosciences wmeng@hotmail.com Doctoral Studies, EECS, University of Kansas

2003

Charlie Dorssom charles.dorssom@vance.af.mil
Wing Weather Officer at Vance AFB in the USAF
Amanda Fisch - -
Wesley Hovorka w_hovorka@hotmail.com WeatherBank, Inc, Edmond, OK
Patrick Leiker
Patrick.Leiker@ttemi.com Air Quality Specialist, Tetra Tech EMI, Lenexa, KS
Eric Levy - -
Matt McClasky mcclasky@burnsmcd.com
Assistant Environmental Scientist, Burns and McDonnell, Kansas City, MO
Ray Miller Ray.J.Miller@gmail.com Forecaster, WeatherEye, Inc., Saint Paul, MN
Jennifer Noblitt jennoblitt@myway.com
Offshore Oil Forecaster, Weathernews Americas Inc, Norman, OK
Scott Patterson spatters@baseops.com
Aviation Meteorologist, Baseops World Fuel, Houston, TX
Tim Reith service@weathercentral.tv
Weather Central, Inc., Madison, WI
2004
Omar Aljaber
omaljaber@qchem.com.qa
Developee Environmental Engineer, Qatar Chemical Company LTD (QChem), Doha, Qatar
Jessica Anderson
- -
Tanya Brown
tanya.m.brown@ttu.edu
National Science Foundation PhD Fellow at Texas Tech University (Studying Wind Engineering)
Brandon Dunstan
Brandon.Dunstan@noaa.gov
Meteorologist Intern, Raleigh, NC
Brandi Gunter
- -
Matthew Jacobs
- -
Matthew Laubhan
- -
Joshua Molgren
- -
Dustin Prockish
- -
Ashley Wedan
- -

2005

Thong Dang
Tom.Dang@noaa.gov
Meteorologist Intern, Anchorage, AK
Justin Gesling
Staff Meteorologist, St. Joe Now, St. Joseph, MO
Susan Heiman


Morgan Huff


Ryan Jakubov
Meteorologist, Project Manager- Smart Energy LLC, Excelsior, MN
Aubrey Krehely


Stewart Manning


Bobby Sutton


Gregory Tatro
taterearl@yahoo.com
Weekend Meteorologist/Weekday Reporter at KHAS-TV, Hastings, NE
Ashley Van Asdale

Air Quality Scientist at Black & Veatch
Amanda Wisdom


2006

Jen Ferger
jferger1@msn.com
Meteorologist, Weather Central, Inc.,   Madison, WI
Cameron Lewis


Kristen McCann


Drew Smith


Laura Walter

     

2007

Nathan Broshear    
Christina Flowers    
Sarah Jones    
Amy McVey    
Paul Oswald    
Alexandra Perkins    
Megan Stockman    
James Terrell    
Matthew Ubben    
Kirby Zimmerman    

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