A non profit tax exempt organization under IRS rules 501(c)3 Who was Amy Gustafson Seeley
AMY GUSTAFSON SEELEY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND, INC.·FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2019·
Amy’s love of weather began at age 8 on a car trip with her parents. She began her work with the National Weather Service in the early 1990’s as a student trainee while still attending Northern Illinois University. Amy was the first female Port Meteorological Officer and served in that role for 15 years. As PMO, Amy worked to increase the accuracy of data collection and forecasts for the Great Lakes, and for her efforts she was bestowed the National Weather Services’ highest honor, The Kline Award in 2007. Recently she managed a wide network of volunteer Cooperative Observers in 28 counties in the greater Chicago area. She regularly gave presentations and taught classes to groups such as the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, U.S. Power Squadrons, International Shipmasters Association, Great Lakes Captains Association, and various yacht clubs. She was an active member of several of these organizations. If you are a boater and ever took a safety class, in the Chicago and Milwaukee area, there is a good chance Amy was your instructor at some point. If you ever visited a tornado awareness event in the Chicago area and purchased a weather radio, there is a good chance Amy was there to teach you how to program it. She greatly enjoyed helping people be prepared to receive life-saving information. Amy was regularly quoted in print and interviewed on radio and TV during special weather events. Amy collected cow calendars, mugs and figurines. She loved her cats Jake, Elwood and Sox. She liked NASCAR racing, the Chicago White Sox and brewing b**r. Sadly, Amy passed away August 17, 2019 at the age of 49.
