Background
Meyer, Karl Friedrich was born on May 19, 1884 in Basel, Switzerland. Son of Theodor and Sophie (Lichtenhahn) Meyer.
Meyer, Karl Friedrich was born on May 19, 1884 in Basel, Switzerland. Son of Theodor and Sophie (Lichtenhahn) Meyer.
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, U. Zurich, 1909, Doctor of Philosophy, 1924. Postgraduate, universities Munich, Paris, Zurich, Bern. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), College Medical Evangelists, 1936, U. Basel, 1952.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Zurich, 1937, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, 1949.
Doctor of Laws, University Southern California, 1946, University of California, 1958. Doctor of Science, Ohio University, 1958, University of Pennsylvania, 1959.
;; married second, Marion Lewis, February 26, 1960. Came to the United States, 1910, naturalized, 1922. Pathologist department agriculture, Transvaal, 1908-1910.
Assistant professor pathology and bacteriology University of Pennsylvania, 1910-1911, professor, 1911-1913.
Director laboratory and experiment farm Pennsylvania Livestock Sanitary Board, Philadelphia, 1912-1913. Professor bacteriology and protozoology University of California, 1914-1915.
Associate professor tropical medicine Hooper Foundation Medical Research, University of California, 1915-1921, professor research medicine and acting director, 1921-1924, director, 1924-1954, then emeritus. Consultant California Department Public Health, South.P. Railway, from 1920.
Professor bacteriology Northern University of California, 1924-1948, professor experimental pathology, 1948-1954, then emeritus.
Lecturer large universities, other organizations, from 1931.
Member national advisory health council National Institutes of Health. Member of national medical and health advising committee American Red Cross. Member United States Army Epidemiological Board.
Fellow National, New York academics science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Public Health Association.
Member American Association Pathologists and Bacteriologists, American Society Microbiology, American Association Immunologists, Society Experimental Biology, American Society Tropical Medicine, American Veterinary Medical Association, Institute Food Technologists, Inter-American Society Microbiology, National Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi. Clubs: Commonwealth, The Family (San Francisco).
Married Mary Elizabeth Lindsay, July 16, 1913 (deceased. Married second, Marion Lewis, February 26, 1960.