Gary J. Lessor - Assistant to the Director of Meteorological Studies and Weather Center
Gary Lessor, Assistant to the Director of Meteorological Studies, came to Western Connecticut State University in 1989 to participate in a coop program from Central Connecticut State University with Dr Melvin Goldstein, the founder of the WestConn Weather Center. Upon completion of the program he was offered a position of meteorologist. After several years in the position he took over as the Assistant to the Director of Meteorological Studies and has often served in the capacity of Acting Director in the absence of an official director. Mr. Lessor attended Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Earth Science with a concentration in meteorology and psychology in 1990. While studying at C.C.S.U. Mr. Lessor received in student membership in the American Meteorological Society and upon graduation became a full member to which he remains today.
Mr Lessor has been the chief meteorologist since 1996, with the duties of preparing daily forecasts for the center's numerous newspaper and utilty clients, afternoon on-air forecaster for radio stations 800AM WLAD in Danbury and 1220 WQUN in Hamden, preparing forensic reports for attorneys, as well as providing expert court testimony. He has also been responsible for the hiring and training of the mostly student staff through the years, as well as implementing technological upgrades which now include all-new sleek and powerful Apple computers with 24 inch monitors for use in preparation of the clients newspaper weather pages.
As the Fall 2007 semester gets underway, Mr Lessor will be continuing to spending time on the academic side of the University by assisting Professor Eisenson in MTR 330, Operational Forecasting and Weathercasting II, as well as overseeing students that intern in the Weather Center during the semester.
