Education
Born in Milwaukee on July 17, 1930 to George L. North. and Edna (Zuerner) Meyer, Meyer attended Hartford Avenue School in Milwaukee, and then Milwaukee Country Day School.
Born in Milwaukee on July 17, 1930 to George L. North. and Edna (Zuerner) Meyer, Meyer attended Hartford Avenue School in Milwaukee, and then Milwaukee Country Day School.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts (1951) and Master of Arts (1952) at Harvard University. Meyer had held no public office until he was elected to the assembly in 1956 to represent the 18th Milwaukee County district (the 18th ward of the City of Milwaukee). After an easy victory in his party"s primary (3,462 votes to 890 for Louis J Ceci and 228 for Walter Sukowatey), he defeated Democrat Alfred Marcell by 8,567 to 7.504 in the general election (Democratic incumbent Ralph Landowski was not a candidate for reelection).
He was assigned to the standing committee on taxation.
He was employed as a research physicist by Allis Chalmers and served as a member of the executive committee of the Milwaukee 18th Ward Republican Club.