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词条 E. Gerald Meyer
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  1. Early life

  2. Education

  3. Career

  4. Personal

  5. References

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}} E. Gerald Meyer (born 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.[1]

E. Gerald 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]

Early life

Edmund Gerald Meyer was born in 1919[7] in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[8]

Education

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.[11]

Following the war, he returned to university, receiving a Ph.D. at the University of New Mexico in 1950.[2][9]

Career

Meyer was a faculty member at the University of Albuquerque from 1950 to 1992.[8][2]

He was on the faculty of New Mexico Highlands University from 1952 to 1963,[8] serving as head of the chemistry department from 1953-1963,[17] and dean of graduate studies and research.[8] November 13, 2009 was proclaimed Gerald Meyer Day by the New Mexico Highlands Board of Regents.[10]

He co-authored Chemistry : A Survey of Principles (1963) with Galen W. Ewing.[11] It was translated in Japanese.[12]

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).[8] 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.[13]

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.[13]

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.[8]

Personal

E. Gerald Meyer has competed in at least three National Senior Olympics. He is an avid motorcyclist and rides a Harley Davidson motorcycle.[14]

He bought his first motorcycle, a 150cc kick-start Kawasaki, in 1963. He continued to ride into his 90s.[15]

References

1. ^{{cite web |title=Award for Volunteer Service to the American Chemical Society |url=https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/awards/national/bytopic/award-for-volunteer-service-to-the-american-chemical-society.html |website=American Chemical Society |accessdate=17 January 2019}}
2. ^{{cite journal |last1=Thayer |first1=Ann |title=E. Gerald Meyer Honored For Service To ACS |journal=Chemical & Engineering News |date=June 13, 2005 |volume=83 |issue=24 |page=5 |url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/83/i24/8324notw1a.html |accessdate=17 January 2019}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.theaic.org/award_winners/chem_pioneer.html#cpa00s|title=Chemical Pioneer Award|publisher= American Institute of Chemists|accessdate = 16 May 2018}}
4. ^{{cite journal|last1=Reisert|first1=Sarah|title=Public Understanding of Chemistry - A Look Inside the AIC Awards Program: The Gold Medal & Chemical Pioneer Awards|journal=The Chemist|issue=2|volume=88|url=http://www.theaic.org/pub_thechemist_journals/Vol-88-No-2/Vol-88-No2-Article-6.html|date=2015|accessdate=26 January 2018}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal |publisher=Science History Institute |url=https://www.sciencehistory.org/american-institute-of-chemists-gold-medal|date=March 22, 2018}}
6. ^{{cite news |title=Gerry Meyer Named ACS Fellow |url=http://www.uwyo.edu/uw/news/2010/08/gerry-meyer-named-acs-fellow.html |accessdate=17 January 2019 |work=University of Wyoming |date=August 9, 2010 }}
7. ^{{cite web |title=Records of the American Institute of Chemists Finding Aid |url=https://othmerlib.sciencehistory.org/record=b1075466~S6 |website=Othmer Library, Science History Institute |accessdate=17 January 2019}}
8. ^{{cite news |title=American Chemical Society Seminar: Dr. E. Gerald Meyer |url=http://greenandgold.uaa.alaska.edu/blog/23462/american-chemical-society-seminar-dr-e-gerald-meyer-april-9/ |accessdate=17 January 2019 |work=Green and Gold |publisher=University of Anchorage, Alaska |date=April 7, 2014}}
9. ^{{cite web |title=THE ACS - CWS WELCOMES E. GERALD MEYER |url=https://www4.uwsp.edu/chemistry/acscws/meetingmarch09.pdf |website=University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point |accessdate=17 January 2019|date=March 10, 2009}}
10. ^{{cite web |title=Gerald Meyer Honored |url=http://www.nmhu.edu/gerald-meyer-honored/ |website=NMHU Hot News|publisher=New Mexico Highlands University |accessdate=17 January 2019|date=November 16, 2009}}
11. ^{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Garth L. |title=Chemistry: A survey of principles (Ewing, Galen W.; Meyer, E. Gerald) |journal=Journal of Chemical Education |date=May 1964 |volume=41 |issue=5 |pages=A405 |doi=10.1021/ed041pA405 }}
12. ^{{cite journal |title=In Memoriam Galen Wood Ewing March 14, 1914 – January 9, 1998 |journal=Instrumentation Science & Technology |date=September 1998 |volume=26 |issue=4 |pages=iii–iv |doi=10.1080/10739149808001901 }}
13. ^{{cite journal |last1=Halford |first1=Bethany |title=Sustained by Science Blessed with long life, these chemists find intellectual stimulation and satisfaction by working in their 90s and beyond |journal=Chemical & Engineering News |date=July 20, 2015 |volume=93 |issue=29 |pages=10–14 |url=https://cen.acs.org/content/cen/articles/93/i29/Sustained-Science.html |accessdate=17 January 2019}}
14. ^{{cite news |title=Energy for the Twenty First Century Dr. Gerald Meyer |url=http://www.svacs.org/newsletter/news0702.pdf |accessdate=17 January 2019 |work=Silicon Valley Chemist |issue=2|volume=29|pages=2–3 |date=February 2007}}
15. ^{{cite journal |last1=Meyer |first1=E. Gerald |title=Longtime Fellows of the AIC |journal=The Chemist |date=2014 |volume=87 |issue=1 |pages=30–31 |url=http://www.theaic.org/pub_thechemist_journals/Vol-87-No-1/Vol-87-No-1.pdf |accessdate=17 January 2019}}
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