Colin Toenjes
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Colin Toenjes was born BLANKtober xxth, 19xx to Patricia and Jerome Toenjes in Chicago, Illinois.
Childhood
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Colin lived in a number of locations in the city and its suburbs before his family moved to a small farm halfway between Columbia, Illinois and Waterloo, Illinois in 1979. He attended school in Waterloo all the way through high school, graduating Waterloo High School (at age 16). He attended college at Florida State University, graduating in April 1996 with a Bachelor's Degree in Meteorology, with minors in Mathematics, Physics, and Communications. His parents and paternal grandmother still live on the family farm near Waterloo, Illinois. He has an older half-brother named Joseph.
Occupations
- Morning and Noon On-air Meteorologist, KGWN-TV, Cheyenne, Wyoming. September 1996 - August 1999
- Acquisitions Specialist, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. August 1999 - April 2000
- Meterologist, American Airlines, Fort Worth, Texas. April 2000 - October 2001
- Photographs Specialist, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas. October 2001 - July 2003
- Colin has been employed by Weathernews Americas in Norman, Oklahoma since July 2003 as an Aviation Meteorologist.
Marriage/Children
Colin married Crystal A. Maxwell on September 22, 2001, in Estes Park, Colorado. Their son, Maxwell Jerome Toenjes, was born April 22, 2007. They reside in Norman, Oklahoma with their three Second Chance Animal Shelter-rescued cats: Tesla, Marlowe and Zeebee.
Achievements
- Chief Engineer of the USS Khai Tam, 1993-1996
- Editor and co-author of the Technical Manual along with Kevin McNulty in 1994
- Honor guard and member of the 78th Marine Strike Group
Awards
Hobbies
Trivia
- Colin once sported long hair pulled into a ponytail. As he neared graduation at Florida State, he decided to cut it short for his impending job search. The "cutting of the ponytail" was a ceremony performed in front of his shipmates, and not without a tear or two shed. The hair was donated to Locks of Love.
Ed Lamb displays the ceremonial scissors
Ed makes the cut while Captain Reddick looks on
Colin holding aloft his newly severed donation
Ponytail in the shipping box, and Colin be consoled by friends
