Background
Weir, Merrill E. was born on June 24, 1909 in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. Son of George Elwood and Comorah Miranda (Landon) Weir.
Weir, Merrill E. was born on June 24, 1909 in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. Son of George Elwood and Comorah Miranda (Landon) Weir.
Bachelor of Science, Kansas State College, 1933. Postgraduate, Brookings Institution, 1960. Postgraduate, Foreign Service Institute, 1963.
Director Employment Security Agency, Alaska, 1956—1963. Agency for International Development adviser employment service and manpower Iran, 1963—1965. With International Technology Assistance Corps, Labor Department, since 1965.
Manpower development adviser Venezuela, 1965—1966, Vietnam, 1966—1970. Director International Manpower Institute, Washington, 1970—1971. Manpower adviser International Labor Organization, Colombo, 1971—1972, unemployment insurance consultant Tehran, Iran, 1974.
Unemployment insurance adviser Organization of American States, Kingston, Jamaica, 1973. Manpower development adviser Bureau International Labor Affairs, Labor Department, Washington, 1976. Project director United States Saudi Arabia Joint Economic Commission, Riyadhi, Saudi Arabia, 1976—1977.
With United States Army, 1941-1942 United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945.
Member of Veterans of Foreign Wars (Distinguished Service award 1963), International Association Personnel Employment., American Legion.
Married Ellen Hilda Reichardt, February 1944.