Background
Meyer was born in Hawarden, Iowa.
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Albert Meyer
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Johns Hopkins University. University of California, Los Los Angeles
Career
Meyers specialized in the economies of the Middle East. obtained his bachelors and master"s degrees at the University of California at Los Los Angeles In 1947 he received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. Among his seminal papers was "Entrepreneurship the missing link in the Arab states?" In 1955, he started teaching at Harvard.
While at Harvard he produced two major books:
Middle Eastern Capitalism: Nine essays (1959) and
The Economy of Cyprus (1962)
Myers was chief of mission for the Special United States. Economic Mission to Saudi Arabia, June 13–30, 1962, that led to closer United States. ties with the kingdom.
Meyers was married to Anne Avantaggio and they had three children. He died of leukemia in Boston and his papers are maintained at the Harvard University Archives.
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