Background
Meyer, Richard Schlomer was born on December 31, 1945 in Rapid City, South Dakot. Son of Harm Henry Schlomer and Marie Charolette (Hoffman) Meyer.
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Richard Schlomer Meyer
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Bachelor of Science, Washington State University, 1968; Master of Science, Washington State University, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1974.
Career
Senior scientist, Nestle Company, New Milford, Connecticut, 1974-1976;
manager research and development, Armour & Company, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1976-1981;
vice-president and technical manager research and development, Griffith laboratories, Alsip, Illinois, 1981-1982;
vice president technical director research and development, Kitchens of Sara Lee, Deerfield, Illinois, 1982-1984;
vice president technical director research and development, Nalley's Curtice-Burns division Agway, Tacoma, 1984-1988;
technical vice president Western regional laboratory, Curtice-Burns, Tacoma, 1988-1995;
vice president technical, McCain Foods, Inc., Oak Brook, Illinois, 1995-1996;
president, Washington Farms, Inc., Tacoma, since 1996. Strategic planning committee N.W. Food Processor's Association, Portland, Oregon,1985-. President agricultural marketing advisory board State of Washington, governor county on agr.and environmental, since 1994.
President advisory board Washington State University College Agriculture and Home Economics, board of trustees, since 1992. Member United States Trade Mission to Indonesia,1992. Adjunct Professor Washington State University, since 1988.
Advisory county on food processing Elec. Power Research Institute, since 1994. Advising committee food science department Cornell Univercity, since 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Member of Executive Committee Cornell Univercity, 1973-1974, member of advisory board food science department, 1994. Member board education New Milford Public Schools, 1975-1981. Board regents Wash.State U., 1969-1970, trustee, since 1992, president College Agriculture and home economics advisory board, member food service and human nutrition advisory board.
Republican state committeeman and precinct captain, Phoenix, 1979-1981. Member industrial food county, food science department Oregon State University, since 1990. Member food engineering advisory county University of California, Davis, since 1990.
Member agricultural marketing advisory board Washington State University,1991-. Food industry representative WSU-Kellogg Foundation Education Sys. for United States FoodIndustry, 1994. Member Institute Food Technologists, International Research Institute, Nutrition TodaySoc., Washington Agriculture and Forestry Foundation, Canada Institute Food Science and Technology, American Meat Science Association, College of Agriculture and Home Economics Alumni Association (president 1990-1992), World Poultry Science Association, Shriner, Masons, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta.
Connections
Married Rosalyn Luanne Blake, August 20, 1994. Children: Jennifer June, Christina Francis, Robert Schlomer.
