Meyer, Cord, 1920-2001

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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

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  • 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)

Archival Resources
RoleTitleHolding Repository
referencedIn The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk).Houghton Library
creatorOf United World Federalists (U.S.). Letters, 1949-1958, to Lewis Mumford.University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Cord Meyer Papers, 1922-2000, (bulk 1982-1989)Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Finley, John Norville Gibson, 1898-. Letters and memoranda to Robert K. Gooch [manuscript], 1947-1949.University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn New York Times Company records. Arthur Hays Sulzberger papers, 1823-1999New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
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correspondedWithAngleton, James, 1917-1987 person
correspondedWithMeyer, Katharine Thaw person
correspondedWithMeyer, Mark, 1950- person
correspondedWithMeyer, William B., 1924- person
correspondedWithNation (New York, N.Y. : 1865). corporateBody
associatedWithNew York Times Company corporateBody
correspondedWithPinchot, Ruth P. person
associatedWithUnited States. Central Intelligence Agency. corporateBody
associatedWithUnited World Federalists (U.S.) corporateBody
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United States
Subject
Internationalism
Journalism
Journalism
Occupation
Intelligence officers
Internationalists
Journalists
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Birth 1920-11-10

Death 2001-03-13

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