OBIT/Schuyler M. Meyer, Jr., Philanthropist and Foundation Leader, Dies at 79.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 1997--Schuyler Merritt Meyer, Jr., recognized for outstanding service to children, died on November 4, 1997 in Dover Plains, New York Dover Plains is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 1,996 at the 2000 census. Dover Plains is in the northeast part of the Town of Dover on Route 22. after a long illness from cancer. For more than 23 years, Mr. Meyer served as President of Edwin Gould Foundation for Children, dedicating his life to broadening children's lives through education. Mr. Meyer served on the Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. of the Foundation beginning in 1953. Mr. Meyer's commitment to children included educating youngsters on the rich heritage of New York's waterways and enhancing the quality of life for Native American children and their families. He also founded the George Bird Grinnell American Indian Children's Fund in 1989, which improves educational opportunities for Native American students. Mr. Meyer served on a number of boards, including the State Council on Waterways, where he was former chairman, Edwin Gould Academy, where he was previously President, Crystal Run Environmental Education Center and Project Sail. For many years Mr. Meyer was chairman of the National Maritime Historical Society, receiving a distinguished service commendation from New York State in 1997. Mr. Meyer served for three years as the volunteer skipper of the historic New York State Canal tugboat tugboat, small, strongly built vessel, used to guide large oceangoing ships into and out of port and to tow barges, dredging and salvage equipment, and disabled vessels. , The URGER Ur´ger n. 1. One who urges. , which provided students with an educational tour of the Erie Canal. Mr. Meyer was born in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and graduated from Yale University in 1940. He served in the Navy in World War II, and retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of Commander. He was employed by U.S. Steel in the United States and Brazil after the war. In 1952, Mr. Meyer left the steel industry to form his own development firm and on July 1, 1966 became President of Edwin Gould Foundation for Children. Mr. Meyer received three honorary degrees, including a Doctor of Humane Letters Noun 1. Doctor of Humane Letters - an honorary degree in letters honorary degree, honoris causa - a degree conferred to honor the recipient from the College of Human Services (now Audrey Cohen College) in New York City in 1989, a Doctor of Education from Middlebury College in 1989 and a Doctor of Laws Noun 1. Doctor of Laws - an honorary law degree LLD honorary degree, honoris causa - a degree conferred to honor the recipient from Cumberland College in 1992. He was awarded the Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal in 1990 for his work on behalf on Native Americans and was made a Sequoia Fellow of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society. Mr. Meyer is survived by his wife of 55 years, Barbara Scott Meyer, their five children, Schuyler M., III of Plano, TX, Molly of New Haven, CT, Aileen (Chuca) of Washington, DC, Scott of Millbrook, NY and Allen of Millbrook, NY; his three sisters, Molly O'Connor of Seattle, WA, Janet Denison of Sutton, VT, and Helen Germann of Buffalo, WY, and five grandchildren, Charles John, Lawton, Anna, Whitney and Schuyler. A memorial service will be held on Dec. 7, 1997 at the Millbrook School Chapel. The family has asked that in lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to George Bird Grinnell American Indian Children's Fund, c/o AISES AISES American Indian Science and Engineering Society AISES Australian International Sporting Events Secretariat , Attention Norbert Hill, 5661 Airport Boulevard, Boulder, CO, 80301-2339. CONTACT: Edwin Gould Foundation for Children, New York Georgette Georgette Mary Richards’ coworker and Ted Baxter’s wife; epitomizes gullibility. [TV: “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in Terrace, II, 70] See : Gullibility Georgette Ted Baxter’s pretty, ignorant wife. DeSalvo, 212/982-5200 ext. 545 |
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