Margaret Orr
Born
Margaret Orr
Alma materLouisiana State University
Years active1979–present
Known forBroadcast Meteorologist
SpouseBill Settoon

Margaret Orr is the chief meteorologist for WDSU in New Orleans.

Career

A graduate of Louisiana State University and a certificate holder from the meteorology program at Mississippi State University, Orr had a fascination with weather ever since Hurricane Betsy hit New Orleans in 1965. She started her weather forecasting career in Charleston, South Carolina but returned home to New Orleans in July 1979, when she joined WDSU, and she has remained there ever since. She co-hosted Breakfast Edition and also co-hosted World's Fair Show during the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition.[1] In 2009, she was promoted to chief meteorologist after the semi-retirement of Dan Milham.[2] She is heavily involved in tracking hurricanes.[3]

She holds a seal of approval from the American Meteorological Society[4] and the National Weather Association.[5]

Personal life

Orr grew up in New Orleans where she attended Louise S. McGehee High School graduating in 1971,[6] and later attended and graduated from Louisiana State University in nearby Baton Rouge, while being a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. She is married with three children and a dog named Bleu.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Margaret Orr". Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  2. "WDSU Promotes Margaret Orr to Chief Meteorologist". 2008-12-23. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  3. Legendary Locals of New Orleans. 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  4. "List of AMS Television Seal Holders". 2013-05-19. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  5. "National Weather Association Weathercaster Seals of Approval". 2013-05-19. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  6. "Louise S. McGehee School Founder's Day" (PDF). March 24, 2017.
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