Edward Rappaport

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Edward Rappaport

| image = Ed Rappaport director NHC.jpg

| image_size =

| image_upright =

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|11|18}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California

| death_date =

| death_place =

| other_names =

| nationality = American

| alma_mater = University of Washington
Texas Tech University

| known_for =

}}

Edward Neil "Ed" Rappaport (born November 18, 1957){{Cite web|url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/edward_n_rappaport_born_1957_6322819|title=Edward N Rappaport, Born 11/18/1957 in California|author=|website=CaliforniaBirthIndex.org|access-date=July 6, 2017}} served as the acting director of the National Hurricane Center from 2007 to 2008 and again from 2017 to 2018. He replaced former director Bill Proenza on July 9, 2007.{{cite web| url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/national-hurricane-center-changes-director|title=National Hurricane Center Director Replaced|publisher=Fox News |agency=Associated Press |access-date=2007-07-09|date=2007-07-09}}{{cite web|url=http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_187100625.html|title=Proenza Removed As NHC Director|author=Ileana Varela|publisher=CBS|accessdate=2007-07-09 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070708193447/http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_187100625.html |archivedate = 2007-07-08}} Rappaport was replaced by Bill Read in 2008. He began serving as acting director again when Richard Knabb left the NHC in 2017{{Cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2017/03/national_hurricane_center_dire.html|title=National Hurricane Center director jumps to Weather Channel|last=Schleifstein|first=Mark|date=March 21, 2017|website=NOLA.com|access-date=July 5, 2017}} until Kenneth Graham was selected to succeed him in 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.arrl.org/news/view/kenneth-graham-wx4keg-tapped-as-next-national-hurricane-center-director|title=Kenneth Graham, WX4KEG, Tapped as Next National Hurricane Center Director|date=2018-03-27|website=ARRL|access-date=2018-04-02}} Rappaport was simultaneously the deputy director from 2000 to his retirement in 2021. {{cite web |last1=Feltgen |first1=Dennis |title=Dr. Edward Rappaport retires from federal service |url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/Rappaport_retirement_052721.pdf |website=National Hurricane Center |access-date=16 October 2024}}

Rappaport joined the NHC in 1987, training as a post-doctoral fellow, then worked on an array of assignments as a research meteorologist starting in 1988. He ascended to assistant hurricane specialist and Tropical Satellite and Analysis Center meteorologist in 1990 before becoming a hurricane specialist in 1993. From 1998 to 2000, he was chief of the Technical Support Branch. Having both operational forecasting and research experience, Rappaport became deputy director in 2000.{{cite press release |title=Edward N. Rappaport Named Deputy Director of Tropical Prediction Center - National Hurricane Center |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |date=2000-08-23 |url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/NOAApr8.html |accessdate=2007-07-09 }} In November 2006, he declined to be nominated to replace Max Mayfield as director, citing personal reasons. Rappaport earned his B.S. and M.S. in 1979 and 1983, respectively, both from the University of Washington, and earned his Ph.D. in atmospheric science from Texas Tech University in 1988.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/qa/qa_201106_ed_rappaport.shtml|title=Q & A for NHC - Ed Rappaport|last=Feltgen|first=Dennis|date=June 2011|website=National Hurricane Center|access-date=July 6, 2017}}