Dr. Frank Field, the first meteorologist in New York television news and later a presenter and commentator for network programs on science, space, and medicine, died on Saturday in Florida. He was …
He did not have a college degree in meteorology. His doctorate was in optometry, a profession he pursued for a time before television. Dr. Field’s title was derived from being a weather forecaster in the military. That earned him recognition as a meteorologist by the American Meteorological Society, which gave him its “Seal of Approval,” an honor given to those who provide “sound delivery of weather information to the general public.
Beyond the weather, he hosted the programs “Medical Update” and “Health Field.” He was best known for his work publicizing the Heimlich maneuver, a procedure used to save choking victims. Field brought in Dr. Henry J. Heimlich, the creator, to the studio for a demonstration. Field received a citation at the New York Emmy Awards in 1975 for “reporting developments in the applied sciences.” He was also a fellow at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, where he studied the relationship between weather and health.
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