Madisonville Democrat--August 11, 1955

DR. ISAAC M. CLINE, MONROE NATIVE, DIES IN LOUISIANA

Dr. Isaac M. Cline, 94, native of Monroe County and the only meteorologist who in 1900
predicted the hurricane which killed thousands of people in the vicinity of Galveston, Tex., died in
New Orleans, La., on Wednesday evening of last week.

Dr. Cline was born on a farm near Madisonville.  Years ago he became an authority on
meteorology and was a nationally recognized leader in his field for more than a half-century.

For 34 years he was head of the New Orleans Weather Bureau.  He was the author of several
scientific books on weather and other topics, his most noted work being "Tropical Cyclones."  He
also wrote "Summer Hot Winds on the Great Plains" and "Storms, Floods and Sunshine," the
latter being memoirs.

The son of Jacob Leander and Mary Isbell Cline, as a boy he operated a mule-drawn plow.  Once
he recalled that he "read the Bible and the works of Jules Verne while the mule rested."

He received his Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees at Hiwassee College; later he received an
M.D. Degree at the University of Arkansas and a Ph.D. at Texas Christian University.

His wife was killed in the Texas hurricane of 1900.