| Edmond Gerald Meyer | |
| Birth Name: | Edmond Gerald Meyer |
| Birth Date: | 1919 11, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Awards: | ACS Award for Volunteer Service, Chemical Pioneer Award, American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal |
Edmond Gerald Meyer (born November 2, 1919) is emeritus professor of chemistry and former dean of the college of arts and sciences at the University of Wyoming. He is a past president of the American Institute of Chemists and an active member of the American Chemical Society, serving on the ACS National Council for 27 years.
Meyer is a recipient of the 2006 Award for Volunteer Service to the American Chemical Society,[1] [2] 2008 Chemical Pioneer Award[3] [4] and the American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal, awarded May 9, 2018.[5] He was named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2010.[6] He turned 100 in November 2019.
Meyer was born on November 2, 1919[7] [8] in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[9]
Meyer earned his B.S. (1940) and M.S. (1942) degrees at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University). Meyer has worked for the U.S. Bureau of Mines[2] and for the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, where he was a naval officer during World War II.Following the war, he returned to university, receiving a Ph.D. at the University of New Mexico in 1950.[2] [10]
Meyer was a faculty member at the University of Albuquerque from 1950 to 1992.[9] [2] He was on the faculty of New Mexico Highlands University from 1952 to 1963,[9] serving as head of the chemistry department from 1953-1963, and dean of graduate studies and research.[9] November 13, 2009, was proclaimed Gerald Meyer Day by the New Mexico Highlands Board of Regents.[11]
He co-authored Chemistry : A Survey of Principles (1963) with Galen W. Ewing.[12] It was translated in Japanese.[13]
In 1963 he accepted a position on the faculty of the University of Wyoming,[2] where he was a professor, the dean of arts and sciences, and vice president for research (1976-2000).[9] He formally retired as dean of arts and sciences and vice president of research as of 1990, but continued to do research as professor emeritus.[14]
Meyer has been president and chief executive officer of a company for the development of green technologies for coal processing: Advanced Coal to Chemicals Technologies.[14]
He has been active in the American Chemical Society at local, regional and national levels, and is a past president of the American Institute of Chemists.[9]
Meyer has competed in at least three National Senior Olympics. He is an avid motorcyclist and rides a Harley Davidson motorcycle.[15] He bought his first motorcycle, a 150cc kick-start Kawasaki, in 1963. He continued to ride into his 90s.[16]