[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 69 (Tuesday, May 15, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E795-E796]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING THE 90TH BIRTHDAY OF MR. STEVEN MEYER

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                            HON. BRAD MILLER

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 15, 2012

  Mr. MILLER of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
congratulate Steven Meyer on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Mr. 
Meyer is being honored by his family for the exceptional life he has 
led and for his many accomplishments in both the professional and 
personal realms.
  Born in Moers, Germany in 1922, Mr. Meyer fled the Nazi Occupation 
with his family in 1939 and settled in New York, New York. Drafted by 
the Army in 1943, Mr. Meyer served with the Army Corps of Engineers in 
the European Theater of Operations. During his military career he 
worked as a planner for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, and while in 
the service Mr. Meyer gained his American citizenship. Following the 
war, Mr. Meyer had a 30-year career as a contract manager with Koppers 
Company in Pittsburgh, PA. While in Pittsburgh, he earned his degree in 
Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon. He 
raised two sons, Robert and Andrew, with his late wife Mrs. Irma Meyer, 
and has four grandchildren.

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  Mr. Meyer is an upstanding member of his community and a model 
citizen. During their years in Pittsburgh, Mr. Meyer and his wife 
participated in the Council for International Visitors, a program that 
helped recent arrivals to the United States acclimate to the local 
community, often hosting dinners at their home for visiting professors 
and businesspeople from around the world. Mr. Meyer was also active in 
SHARE, the South Hills Association for Racial Equality, and 
participated in many community Holocaust commemorations. Following Mrs. 
Meyer's passing in 2006, Mr. Meyer, together with his sons, endowed the 
Irma Meyer Memorial Lecture Series at the West Penn Hospital in order 
to better educate health care providers about end-of-life issues.
  Steven Meyer currently resides at the Raleigh, N.C. Heritage Raleigh 
Brookdale Senior Living community in my congressional district, where 
he has assumed an active leadership role. He has thrice been elected 
president of the resident's council, and serves on various committees. 
In his retirement, Mr. Meyer has discovered a latent talent for 
painting and rediscovered his love for playing the piano. His paintings 
have been exhibited at Raleigh City Hall, and he often given piano 
recitals for fellow residents at the Heritage.
  Mr. Speaker and distinguished colleagues, I ask you to join me in 
wishing Steven Meyer a happy birthday and best wishes for continued 
health and happiness.

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