Mark Eubank

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Mark Eubank
Born
Mark Edwin Eubank

June 10, 1940 (1940-06-10) (age 84)
Redding, California
EducationB.S. in Meteorology - University of Utah
Occupation Meteorologist
SpouseJean Eubank
Children7 children

Mark Edwin Eubank is a retired Salt Lake City, Utah television broadcasting meteorologist who served as chief meteorologist for the 2002 Winter Olympics.

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Career

Eubank joined the KSL-TV channel 5 Television news team in 1990 as their chief meteorologist. Prior to KSL, he was employed as a meteorologist for KUTV channel 2 in Utah, a position he had held since 1967. Eubank began his meteorology career at age 24 in Redding, California, at KRCR-TV. He attended UCLA and graduated from the University of Utah in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology. Eubank also owned and operated a weather consulting firm, WeatherBank, Inc. for 20 years.

Distinction

Career highlights

Eubank was the chief meteorologist of the 2002 Winter Olympics. [5]

Family

Eubank is the father of Sharon Eubank who was a member of the General Relief Society Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2017 to 2022.

Retirement

On November 29, 2006, Eubank signed off the air for the final time. He passed his job and white coat to his son Kevin Eubank. [1] Shortly after retiring, he and his wife served two Latter-day Saint missions; first one year in St. George, Utah and then at the Laie Hawaii temple visitors center for three years where Eubank served as the director of the visitors center. [6]

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References

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  2. Campbell, Joel (July 28, 1988). "Eubank gets no 'Thunder' — so he flashes lightning". Deseret News. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  3. KSL.com Weather
  4. Robinson, Doug (April 25, 2005). "Rain, fog, life — Eubank loves it all". Deseret News. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015.
  5. "Mark Eubank, Channel 5 Anchors - Utah News from KSL-TV, Salt Lake City, Utah". Web.ksl.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  6. "New visitors center directors". Church News. November 22, 2008. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  7. Mark E. Eubank; Robert Clayton Brough (1979). Mark Eubank's Utah weather. Horizon Publishers. ISBN   9780882901176.
  8. Mark E. Eubank (May 1, 2004). Weather Detectives: Fun-filled Facts, Experiments, And Activities for Kids. Tandem Library. ISBN   978-1-4176-5665-3.
Preceded by
Bob Welti
Broadcasting Meteorologist
1967–2006
Succeeded by
Kevin Eubank