Mel Goldstein
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Dr. Mel Goldstein (or Dr. Mel) is an American meteorologist, best known as the chief meteorologist for News Channel 8 in Connecticut.
Dr. Goldstein was born in Swampscott, Massachusetts where, as Goldstein himself put it, "the conversation was always about the weather." He earned a degree in meteorology from Penn State in 1967, followed by a doctorate from NYU. In 1972 Dr. Mel took up a teaching job at Western Connecticut State University. While teaching he also began to run West Conn's weather center, which supplied forecasting information to 20 local radio and television stations.
Through this exposure, Goldstein joined WTNH as a full weatherman in 1986. He became somewhat of a local celebrity in Connecticut from these broadcasts, eventually becoming WTNH's chief meteorologist.
In 1996 Goldstein was diagnosed with a multiple myeloma cancer in his back that doctor's predicted would kill him within three years. Hoping to beat the diagnosis Goldstein underwent a series of treatments at Yale-New Haven Hospital and he has far outlived the given three years. He has now returned to work at WTNH (though more time on air is given to other meteorologists than was before Goldstein's cancer).
In 1999 Goldstein authored the Complete Idiot's Guide to Weather. While he has retired from teaching, he holds the honorary title of Director Emeritus at the Western Connecticut State University Weather Center.
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Correction on one note in this entry, before his cancer diagnosis, Goldstein did weather for two newscasts a day. As of March 2006, he does weather for four newscasts each weekday, each an hour long and shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
