Percy Saltzman Curriculum Vitae
The Curriculum Vitae of Percy Saltzman, C.M., B.A.
- Retired meteorologist
- Radio and TV Weatherman (1952-1982)
- Born Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1915
- Son of Solomon and Elizabeth Saltzman
- Educated
- Public School, Neudorf, Sask.
- Dawson Public School, Vancouver, B.C.
- King George High School, Vancouver, B.C.
- University of British Columbia (B.A. 1934)
- McGill School of Medicine, Montreal (1934-1935)
- Married
- Rose Kogan (1935-1988)
- Grace Audrey Ford (1990)
- Sons
- Earl (1942)
- Paul (1943)
- Jobless 1935-1937
- Printer 1937-1943
- Meteorologist Federal Department of Transport, 1943-1968
- CBC-TV, 1952-1972
- CTV, 1972-1974
- CITY-TV, 1974-1975
- Freelance TV, 1975-1980
- GLOBAL TV, 1980-1982
- CFRB, 1962-1972
- CKEY, 1948-1949
- CKEY, CNE, 10 YEARS
- Meteorological Officer British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 1943-1945
- First TV Weatherman in Canada, September 8, 1952
- First to broadcast live from CNE, 1952-1962
- First to broadcast live from Montreal Expo, 1964
- Host (with Lloyd Robertson) first moon walk telecast, 10 days and nights, 1969
- First Host, Canada's first national daily early morning TV show, CANADA AM, CTV, 1972-1974
- First TV Weatherman to show satellite and radar pictures
- First father-son team on Front Page Challenge
- First father-son team to interview Pierre Trudeau
- 2,500 nightly radio weather programs, CFRB
- 5,657 nightly TV weather programs, CBC,Global
- 1,000 interviews with celebrities, CBC, CTV
- 26 TV shows, Federal Business Bureau, Ottawa
- 26 TV shows, History of Canadian West, Edmonton
- Taught weather to thousands of school children
- Governor-General Medal for coming first in high school matriculation in all of B.C., 1930
- 2 scholarships, UBC, 1932
- TV Guide Award, 1960
- Queen's Jubilee Medal, 2002
- Order of Canada, 2002
- Canadian "Who's Who" 2003
- Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame, 2004
- President, ACTRA, 1960
- Volunteer, Stroke Survivors, Baycrest Hospital, Toronto 1977-1988
- Member, Sea Scouts
- Member, Air Cadets