Richard Jonah Meyer

Background

Meyer, Richard Jonah was born on February 15, 1933 in Brooklyn. Son of Max and Evelyn (Berman) Meyer.

Education

Bachelor, Stanford University, 1954; postgraduate, Stanford University, 1954, 60; Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1967; postgraduate, Harvard University, 1978.

Career

Production assistant, Station KQED-television, San Francisco, 1961; director educational television, Wichita (Kansas) State University, 1961-1964; vice president, Station W National Educational Television-television, New York City, 1965-1972; general manager, Station KCTS-television, Seattle, 1972-1982; president, general manager, chief Executive officer, Stations KERA-FM-television, KDTN-television, Dallas, Fort Worth, Denton, Texas, 1982-1996. Consultant State University of New York-Albany, 1967-1968, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, since 1970, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington, since 1971, United States Information Agency, Washington, since 1972. Broadcaster-in-residence, senior fellow East-West Center, 1989.

Adjunct Professor U. North Texas,1990, University Texas, Dallas, 1994.

Achievements

• Richard Jonah Meyer has been listed as a noteworthy Broadcast executive, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors NAEB, 1971-1973, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, 1974, Public Broadcasting Service, 1979-1984, National Museum Comm. Trustee Virginia Mason Research Center, 1979, Goals for Dallas, 1988. Vice president board directors Silent Film Festival, San Francisco, since 1995.

Member National Association Underwater Instrs., International Brecht Society.

• National Association Underwater Instructors

• International Brecht Society Clubs: City (Dallas).

Connections

Married Sylvia R. Marshall, February 21, 1956 (divorced 1974). Children: Adina, Mahlon, Rachel. Married Susan Diane Harmon, April 9, 1983.

Father:

Max Meyer

Mother:

Evelyn (Berman) Meyer

Spouse:

Sylvia R. Marshall

Spouse:

Susan Diane Harmon

child:

Mahlon Meyer

child:

Rachel Meyer

child:

Adina Meyer