Meyer Family.

Henry Meyer, sociologist and educator, was born in 1913 in Birmingham, Alabama. From the age of 2, he lived in Meridian, Mississippi. Upon graduation from Meridian High School in 1930, he entered the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and proceeded to earn his B. A. (1934), M. A. (1937), and Ph. D. (1939) in sociology.

Upon completing his doctorate, Meyer taught at Washington State College in Pullman, Washington. In 1946, he was appointed associate professor, then professor, of sociology at New York University. In 1957 he became professor of social work and of sociology at the University of Michigan. He remained here for twenty years, retiring in 1978 as emeritus professor of sociology.

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