Lonnie Quinn

About

Known to viewers of both New York's WCBS-TV station and CBS's This Morning Saturday program, Quinn received close to a dozen Emmy Awards for his work as a weather anchor.

Before Fame

After earning a bachelor's degree in speech from Boston College, he received a meteorology certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration.

Trivia

In his twenties and early thirties, he pursued a career as a soap opera actor, appearing on both NBC's Santa Barbara (as Rich Landers) and ABC's All My Children (as Will Cooney).

Family Life

A native of Cheshire, Connecticut, he grew up with six siblings. He and his wife Sharon raised his son from an earlier relationship.

Associated With

He and Ginger Zee are both well-known weather presenters.