Background
Meyer, Roger Jess Christian was born on May 14, 1928 in Olympia, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Paul Eugene and Martha Bell Rogers Meyer.
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Roger Jess Christian Meyer
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Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, U. Washington, Seattle, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, 1955; Master in Public Health, Harvard University, 1959.
Career
Instructor pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1959-1962;
assistant professor, U. Vermont College Medicine, Burlington, 1962-1965;
associate professor, University of Virginia School Medicine, Charlottesville, 1965-1968;
associate professor, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1968-1976;
assistant dean, University of Illinois School Public Health, Chicago, 1974-1976;
professor pediatrics public health School Medicine, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1976;
with, United States Army Reserve Medical Corps, 1982;
advanced through grades to colonel, United States Army, 1986. Chair, board directors community pediatrics section American Academy Pediatrics, Evanston, Ill, 1973-1974. President Child and Family Health Foundation, since 1976.
Board directors National Committee Prevention Child Abuse, Chicago, 1974-1976.
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Membership
Board of directors N.W. organization American Red Cross, Miller Bay Estates and Indianola Land Trust, Unitarian Universalist Church. Chief public health Pacific Rim, United States Army Medical Corps 364 Civil Affairs, 1986-1993. Staff Madigan Army Medical Center.
Faculty Defense Department JMRTC. Member APHA, American Academy Pediat. (section on child development, ethics, pediatrics military), Marine Science Society Pacific N.W. (N.W. global epidemiology committee, president), N.W. Pediat. Society, Reserve Officers Association, Harvard University Alumni Association, Washington University Alumni Association
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Married Joyce Langley, March 14, 1959. Children: Paul, John, William, Douglas, Nancy, Liz.
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Decorated Army Achievement medal (2) for distinguished service 1988-1989. Recipient National Institute of Mental Health Social Science in Medicine award Harvard University, 1961, Children's Hospital Annual award, Boston, 1959. Shaller scholar U. Washington, 1950-1951, National Institute of Mental Health Health scholar U. Rochester, 1957-1958. Oxford fellow, 1992.Decorated Army Achievement medal (2) for distinguished service 1988-1989. Recipient National Institute of Mental Health Social Science in Medicine award Harvard University, 1961, Children's Hospital Annual award, Boston, 1959. Shaller scholar U. Washington, 1950-1951, National Institute of Mental Health Health scholar U. Rochester, 1957-1958.
Oxford fellow, 1992.