Patrick Hayes

Patrick Michael Hayes (Major, USAF Ret), age 52, of Columbus Ohio, died July 30, 2008 at home. Born in May 1956 vat Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, he was the son of Airman John David Hayes and Millie (Fischer) Hayes. Pat is survived by his wife of 10 years, Marianne Jeanette Ceritelli Hayes. Pat has a daughter Megan Elizabeth of College Station, TX, a daughter Brynn Victoria of College Station TX, and a son Michael, of Baton Rouge LA. Pat’s mother Millie lives in Seattle WA, and his father John preceded him in death. Pat was the oldest of John and Millie’s ten children, all of whom survive him; Jack, Richie, David, Peter, Paul, Peggy, Rob, Tari, and Bill. His extended family includes Tony and Tracy Ceritelli, their children Jessica, Christina, Anthony and Mary, and the entire Prendergast family. Pat graduated from the University of Wisconsin- Green Bay with a BS in Earth Sciences, and received his MS in Meteorology from Texas A&M University. He did further studies at TAMU (meteorology) and George Washington University (systems engineering). Pat entered the Air Force after undergraduate college, starting his weather career with the first of three assignments at Texas A&M University in the Basic Meteorology Program. He has three assignments with the Army; two were at Fort Bragg with the Army airborne units; the 7th Special Forces Group, 82nd Airborne Division, and the XVIII Airborne Corps. Pat spent three years providing advanced weather support to the Air Force special projects out of Las Vegas, and he served three years at his birthplace, supporting the Air Force Research Lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. At the time of his retirement, Maj Hayes was the Air Force staff weather officer at the Army’s Intelligence Center and School at Fort Huachuca AZ. After his Air Force career, Pat joined Northrop Grumman and provided weather support to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency at Fort Belvoir VA. Pat’s interest in meteorology started while an undergraduate at Green Bay. His college job was to teach skiing in the winter and sailing in the summer. He crewed on several big sailboats racing throughout the Great Lakes, including the Chicago-Mackinac race. He also helped start UW-BG’s intercollegiate sailing team, with which he sailed for its first two years. Pat loved figuring out how the weather changed and affected sailing. While sailing in Green Bay, a recruiter convinced Pat he could help his country and learn more about the weather while serving in the Air Force. The other endeavor Pat loved is education. He loved teaching weather, which he did through the AMS Education DataStreme program. Working with the AMS DataStreme program was how Pat met Marianne at an AMS Annual Meeting in Atlanta, and was how the two were married, during an AMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix. Pat and Marianne spent more than ten years team-teaching weather to educators in Ohio, North Carolina, Arizona, and Virginia. Pat also taught science to adult undergrads through the University of Phoenix, where UOP also used Pat to develop science curriculum. Pat was a member of the AMS, Sigma Xi, and other science and engineering professional organizations. A Funeral Mass service will be held at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church on Saturday, August 2, 2008 at 10:00 AM, with internment at St. Joseph Cemetery in Baraboo, Wisconsin at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that contributions be made to St. Jude’s Children”s Hospital and/or Odyssey (Hospice) Health Care in memory of Patrick.