Background
Meyer, Bill was born on August 6, 1925 in Pratt, Kansas, United States. Son of Otto William and Ruth Clarinda (Jones) Meyer.
Meyer, Bill was born on August 6, 1925 in Pratt, Kansas, United States. Son of Otto William and Ruth Clarinda (Jones) Meyer.
Bachelor of Science in Journalism, University Kansas, 1948.
News editor, Marion County Record, Hoch Public Company, Inc., Marion, Kansas, l948-67;
editor, public, Marion County Record, Hoch Public Company, Inc., Marion, Kansas, l967-;
owner, Cottonwood Valley Agency, Marion, 1990-1998;
owner, Hoch Public Company, Inc., Marion, since 1998. Editor 99th Infantry Division Association, Marion, since 1971. Lecturer media law Wichita (Kansas) State University, 1985.
Political interviewer St. KPTS-television, Wichita, 1983-1998. Board directors Control National Bank, Junction City, Kansas. Military consultant, travel agent Battlefield Tours, Slidell, Louisiana, since 1990.
Past president Marion School district Board Education, Marion County Hospital District. Board of directors Marion Manor Nursing Home, Kansas History Society, 1985-1994. Trustee, past president William Allen White Foundation, Lawrence, Kansas With United States Army, 1943-1945, European Theatre of Operations.
Member National Newspaper Association, Kansas Press Association (president l982-83, Boyd Community Svc. award l979), Marion Chamber of Commerce (past board directors), Marion Country Club, Masons, Shriners, Kiwanis (president Marion l957), 99th Infantry Division Association (president 1998), Sigma Delta Chi.
Married Joan Aileen Wight, September ll, l949. L child, Eric Kent.