John Raymond Hope Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
John Hope was born on May 14, 1919 in Stowell, Pennsylvania, USA as John Raymond Hope. He is known for his work on Hurricanes '95: Season on Edge (1995), Great Weather Catastrophes (1993) and The Year the Sky Fell (1994). He was married to Bernice La Pira. He died on June 13, 2002 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.
If my legacy can be that I have made a contribution to this nation being better prepared to cope with the devastation wrought by hurricanes, and to have helped in the success of my company, I am content.
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Member of Phi Beta Kappa.
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Master's degree, meteorology, University of Illinois.
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Army Air Corps, 1941-1945.
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Joined The Weather Channel in 1982 as the Tropical Coordinator and an On-Camera Meteorologist.
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For his daughter's high school graduation gift, John named a hurricane after her, Hurricane Camille, the 1969 storm that ultimately struck throughout the South, killing 256 people.
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Father of one daughter, Camille, and three sons, James, Thomas, and Joseph.
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Children: daughter Camille; sons James C., James R., and Thomas.