Meyer, Cord, 1920-2001

Intelligence officer, internationalist, and newspaper columnist. Died 2001.

From the description of Cord Meyer papers, 1922-2000 (bulk 1982-1989). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983397

Biographical Note

• 1920, Nov. 10: Born, Washington, D.C.
• 1927 - 1933 : Attended Great Neck Preparatory School, Great Neck, N.Y.
• 1933 - 1939 : St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H.
• 1939 - 1942 : Attended Yale University, New Haven, Conn; received B.A., 1942
• 1942 - 1945 : Served in United States Marine Corps
• 1945: Married Mary Eno Pinchot (divorced circa 1959) Assistant to United States delegate, United Nations founding convention, San Francisco, Calif.
• 1946 - 1947 : Society of Fellows, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1947: Published Peace or Anarchy (Boston: Little, Brown. 233 pp.)
• 1947 - 1949 : President, United World Federalists
• 1949 - 1951 : Society of Fellows, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1951 - 1977 : Intelligence officer, Central Intelligence Agency
• 1958: Son Michael killed by car, Washington, D.C.
• 1964: Mary Pinchot Meyer murdered, Washington, D.C.
• 1966: Married Mary Starke Patterson Anderson
• 1978 - : Nationally syndicated newspaper columnist
• 1980: Published Facing Reality: From World Federalism to the CIA (New York: Harper & Row. 433 pp.)
• 1982 - 1988 : Lecturer, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
• 2001, Mar. 13: Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Cord Meyer Papers, 1922-2000, (bulk 1982-1989), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)