[clarification needed] He earned a degree in meteorology from Penn State in 1967, followed by a doctorate from New York University.
He established Connecticut's only meteorology bachelor's degree, and began to run WestConn's weather center, which supplied forecasting information to 20 local radio and television stations.
[5] Hoping to beat the diagnosis, Goldstein underwent treatment at Yale-New Haven Hospital, far outliving his initial prognosis.
[6] On January 18, 2012, Mel Goldstein died of complications and declining health due to multiple myeloma at the age of 66.
[7] On August 20, 2012 Goldstein's wife Arlene, Mayor Joseph Maturo, Jr. and the town of East Haven hosted a brief ceremony along with other officials, family, and friends to unveil a memorial park bench in Mel's honor which was placed at the East Haven town beach.