John Bernard

John Bernard (6 September 1937 – November 2024) was a Dutch meteorologist and weather presenter. He was involved in meteorology for 45 years.

Biography
Bernard was a meteorological officer (forecaster) at Soesterberg air base from 1957 to 1962. Afterwards he worked at Zestienhoven airfield as a meteorologist, after which he was head of the department until 1973. He then started working with the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute in De Bilt. Later he worked as a meteorology lecturer at the Wageningen University & Research in Wageningen for six years, where he mainly taught the practical part of the study programme. He taught among others Heleen de Boer and Reinier van den Berg.

In 1984 he started working as a weather presenter with the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) and later with RTL 4. He retired on 22 August 2002.

John Bernard was an ambassador for the "Nationaal Fonds Ouderenhulp" (translated: National Fund for the Elderly). Bernard received the MAX Award in 2007.

Bernard died mid-November 2024, at the age of 87.

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Category:Television people
Category:Meteorologists
Category:1937 births
Category:2024 deaths
Category:People from Rotterdam
Category:Place of death missing