Mark Eubank

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Mark Eubank
Born
Mark Edwin Eubank

June 10, 1940 (1940-06-10) (age 81)
Redding, California
EducationB.S. in Meteorology - University of Utah
Occupation Meteorologist
Spouse(s)Jean 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 is a member of the General Relief Society Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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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  3. KSL.com Weather
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  6. "New visitors center directors". Church News. 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  7. Mark E. Eubank; Robert Clayton Brough (1979). Mark Eubank's Utah weather. Horizon Publishers. ISBN   9780882901176.
  8. Mark E. Eubank (1 May 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