Biography
Meyer grew up on U.S. Army bases in Germany and the American east coast, attended high school in Pennsylvania and Florida, college in Florida, and then hitchhiked through Mexico and the American Southwest before joining the military.
During the Vietnam War Meyer joined the U.S. Navy. He has said he did it to avoid death in a foxhole. He became an officer after four months, assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet. He saw no combat during his tour of duty, which included ports of call in Italy, France, Spain, and Malta.
Meyer received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Florida in 1964. He took graduate art courses at Columbia University in 1970, and received an MFA in Painting in 1973 at Boston University's Master of Fine Arts program.
He has also worked as a floor sweeper, social worker, and high school art teacher.
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