Background
II, Harvey Kessler Meyer, was born on February 6, 1914 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harvey Kessler and Frances May (Shultz) M.
II, Harvey Kessler Meyer, was born on February 6, 1914 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harvey Kessler and Frances May (Shultz) M.
Bachelor, Berea (Kentucky) College, 1936. Master of Arts, Eastern Kentucky University, 1942. Doctor Education, University Florida, Gainesville, 1951.
Surveyor, Washington State Highway Engineers, 1932;
furniture designer, Berea Woodwork, 1932-1936;
licensed contractor, Bailey Construction Company, Seattle, Washington, 1935;
licensed contractor, Alachua County, Florida, 1948-1950.;
instructor, U. Florida, Ocala, 1936-1937;
supervisor, National Youth Administration, Jacksonville, Florida, 1937-1938;
vocational teacher, Richmond (Kentucky) City Schools, 1938-1940;
assistant professor, Eastern Kentucky U., Richmond, 1940-1943;
teacher, P.K.Yonge Laboratory School, Gainesville, Florida, 1946-1947;
principal, P.K.Yonge Laboratory School, Gainesville, Florida, 1947-1948;
associate professor, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1948-1951;
professor, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1951-1965;
dean divsn radio & television, Florida Institute Continuing U. Studies, 1962-1965;
associate dean academic affairs, Florida Atlantic U., Boca Raton, 1965-1968;
graduate professor, Florida Atlantic U., Boca Raton, 1968-1973. Director Industrial Arts and Vocational Education, Managua, Nicaragua, 1955-1957. Founder Instituto Nacional Educacion Vocacional, Nicaragua.
Director, trustee Moravian Theological Seminary, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1976. Dean radio and television Florida Institute for Continuing University Studies, 1962-1965. Administrative consultant British-American Investment Fund, Luxembourg City, Europe, 1969-1971.
Owner, design Plantation Glen, Alachua County, 1948-1977, Hacienda Ocotlan, Clay County, North Carolina, 1975-1978.
President Florida district Moravian Church, 1970-1973, Melrose (Florida) Library Association, since 1983, president, 1984-1990, 92—. Trustee Moravian College and Seminary, 1966-1978. Commander United States Naval Reserve, retired.
Naval aviation observer. Member Florida Association Educational television (president 1963), Berea College Alumni Association (president 1990-1991), Rotary, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Kappa, Epsilon Pi Tau (trustee since 1950).
Married Jessie Irene Hamm, February 22, 1935. Children: Carol Frances, Harvey Kessler III, Howard Madison.