- June Bacon-Bercey
June Bacon-Bercey is an international expert on weather and aviationCite web|url=http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2000/mar00/noaa00r305.html|title=NOAA Supporting Conference in Atmospheric Sciences at Howard University|accessdate=2008-02-13|publisher=NOAA|year=2000-03-15|author=Pat Viets] who has worked for the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , theNational Weather Service and theAtomic Energy Commission .Bacon-Bercey was the first woman, as well as the first African-American to be awarded the
American Meteorological Society 's Seal of Approval for excellence in television weathercastingCite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/03/23/MN26514.DTL|title=Substitute Science Teacher is a Meteorology Legend|accessdate=2008-02-13|year=2000-03-23|author=Bill Workman|work=The San Francisco Chronicle] when she was working inBuffalo, New York in the1970 s. After working in Buffalo, she spent nearly ten years as the Chief of Broadcast Services atNOAA and worked on a number of other projects.In 2000, she was honored during a three-day conference at
Howard University for her contributions including: helping to establish ameteorology lab atJackson State University inMississippi , her endowment of a scholarship given each year by the American Geophysical Union and her work inCalifornia 's public schools.References
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