Bill Proenza

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Bill Proenza
Bill Proenza

Xavier William Proenza (also known as Bill Proenza) has served as the director of the National Hurricane Center since January 4, 2007.[1] He previously served as the Southern Region Director of the National Weather Service from 1999 to 2007.[2]

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[edit] History

Bill Proenza was born in New York, and raised in Florida. He graduated from Florida State University. He joined the National Hurricane Center in 1963 and 1964, becoming a reconnaissance meteorologist from 1965 through 1967.[3] After working at the National Weather Service field offices in Huntsville, Alabama (1968), Columbus, Georgia (1969), and Atlanta, Georgia (1970), he headed for work at NWS headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland and Central Region headquarters before working for Southern Region headquarters in the late 1980s as deputy director, a position he served through the 1990s, before becoming its director in 1999.[4]

[edit] Accomplishments

Bill was a councilor for the National Weather Association in 1991.[5] The NWS Employee's Organization recognized him as the NWS manager of the year for 1998. The NWS Employees’ Organization also recognized Proenza nationally as the NWS Manager of 1998 for his collaborative leadership with their union. In 2001, the American Meteorological Society recognized him with its prestigious Francis W. Reichelderfer Award for outstanding environmental services to the nation.

[edit] References

  1. ^ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. COMMERCE SECRETARY AND NOAA ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCE NEW NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER DIRECTOR Bill Proenza to Succeed Max Mayfield. Retrieved on 2006-12-06.
  2. ^ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA FILLS KEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POSITION FOR SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. Retrieved on 2006-12-06.
  3. ^ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Biographies: Bill Proenza. Retrieved on 2006-12-06.
  4. ^ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Biographies: Bill Proenza. Retrieved on 2006-12-06.
  5. ^ National Weather Association. NWA OFFICERS & COUNCILORS. Retrieved on 2006-12-06.

[edit] See also

Preceded by
Max Mayfield		 Director of the National Hurricane Center
2007 – present		 Incumbent
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