Jeffery Wilson Meyer

Jeffery Wilson Meyer Jeffery Meyer passed away suddenly of natural causes on June 24, 2006 at home at the age of 83. He was born as the oldest child to Mabel and Wilson Meyer of this City. He graduated from George Washington High School and received his B.S. degree from the University of California at Berkeley from the school of agriculture. During World War II, he served in the Infantry as a 1st lieutenant in the Philippine Theater and received the Combat Infantry Badge. Upon return, he joined the family business of Wilson George Meyer and Co., a chemical marketing company dating from the 1860s, and served as president until his retirement. His business life was interrupted when he was called back into the Army during the Korean War. He returned to business after his service in the war. His hobbies were numerous, from scuba diving to fishing to photography. He was also an accomplished guitarist performing regularly at the Bohemian Club and in later years at the Jazz Café at the Smithsonian. He was a past chairman of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, and emeritus member of the Board of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution, and a board member of the Institute of Human Origins. In the 1980's he was a member of the San Francisco Host Committee and entertained Prince Charles of England. Mr. Meyer was knighted with the Order of St. Olaf by the Norwegian Consul General. He is survived by Janet Meyer, his wife of 61 years; two daughters, Pamela McLaughlin Ringler of Douglaston, NY, and Betsy Meyer Jorgensen, of Burlingame; sister, Harriet Meyer Quarré of the City; and four grandchildren. Private services were held and a Memorial Service will be held Friday, July 7 in San Francisco. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to the Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. or a charity of your choice.