Ken Reeves (meteorologist)
{{Short description|American meteorologist (1961–2012)}}
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| name = Ken Reeves
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| birth_name = Kenneth W. Reeves
| birth_date = {{birth date|1961|5|22}}
| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|3|25|1961|5|22}}
| death_place = State College, Pennsylvania
| alma_mater = Pennsylvania State University (B.S. Meteorology, 1983)
| occupation = TV weather meteorologist
| years_active = 1983–2012
| spouse = {{marriage|Raychel Harvey-Jones|2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/centredaily/obituary.aspx?pid=156737495 |title=Kenneth W. Reeves Obituary |work=Centre Daily Times |via=Legacy.com|date=March 28, 2012 |access-date=2013-02-10}}{{cite web |url=http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/accuweathers-ken-reeves-passes/63239 |title=AccuWeather's Ken Reeves Passes Away |publisher=AccuWeather |last=Sosnowski |first=Alex |date=March 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329015634/http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/accuweathers-ken-reeves-passes/63239 |archive-date=2012-03-29 }}
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Kenneth W. Reeves (May 22, 1961 – March 25, 2012) was a meteorologist with the American media company AccuWeather.
Life and career
Reeves was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Frank H. Reeves and Arlette Espenshade Reeves; he had a brother and a sister.{{cite web|url=http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/reeves-remembered-as-visionary-forwardthinking-leader-in-meteorology-1033490/ |title=Reeves Remembered as Visionary, Forward-Thinking Leader in Meteorology |publisher=StateCollege.com |date=March 26, 2012 |access-date=2013-02-10}} While at Abington High School, he studied meteorology at the Franklin Institute;{{cite news |first=John F. |last=Morrison |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/obituaries/20120403_KENNETH_REEVES__METEOROLOGIST.html |title=Kenneth Reeves, Meteorologist |type=obituary |newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News |via=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=April 3, 2012 |access-date=2020-09-17 }} in 1983 he earned a B.S. in the subject from Pennsylvania State University.{{cite web|url=http://www.accuweather.com/personalities/ken-reeves/index.asp |title=Ken Reeves |publisher=AccuWeather.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328095333/http://www.accuweather.com/personalities/ken-reeves/index.asp |archive-date=2013-03-28}}
He went to work for AccuWeather immediately after graduating, and rose to become head of the information-technology department, then manager of forecasting operations; at his death he was a vice president, general manager of the company's television network, and senior meteorologist.{{cite news |first=Dan |last=Stamm |url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/accuweather-ken-reeves-dies/1956992/ |title=Meteorologist Ken Reeves Dies in Freak Accident |publisher=NBC News Philadelphia |date=March 27, 2012 |orig-year=March 26, 2012 }} He also played roles in creating the company's AccuData database and in partnering with other forecasting agencies to increase accuracy.
Private life and death
Reeves met his wife Raychel Harvey-Jones in 2008, and they married on October 1, 2011.
On March 25, 2012, Reeves was taking down Christmas lights at his house in Lemont, Pennsylvania, and fell from the roof, suffering head trauma. He was pronounced dead at Mount Nittany Medical Center.
Memorial
A scholarship for undergraduate students in meteorology, established in 2004 by the National Weather Association, was renamed the Ken Reeves Memorial AccuWeather Undergraduate Scholarship in Meteorology in his honor.{{cite web |url=https://nwafoundation.org/scholarships-grants/ken-reeves-memorial-accuweather-undergraduate-scholarship-meteorology/ |title=Scholarships & Grants: The Ken Reeves Memorial AccuWeather Undergraduate Scholarship in Meteorology |publisher=National Weather Association |access-date=2020-09-17 }}