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GEORGE vonLENGERKE MEYER -- father |
| | Born: | Boston, Massachusetts, June 24, 1858 |
| | Died: | Boston, Massachusetts, March 9, 1918 |
| 1900-1905 | AMBASSADOR TO ITALY |
| | Appointed by President William McKinley Senate confirmed, December 14, 1900 |
| 1905-1907 | AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA |
| | Appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Senate confirmed, March 8, 1905 |
| 1907-1909 | POSTMASTER GENERAL |
| | Served in President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt's Cabinet |
| 1909-1913 | SECRETARY OF THE NAVY |
| | Served in President William Howard Taft's Cabinet |
| | Director, Merchants National Bank of Boston Board of Overseer, Harvard College |
At the death of Mr. Meyer, President Roosevelt wrote to Mrs. Meyer:
| | "He was as loyal and devoted a friend as ever lived; |
| | he possessed that fine courage and fearless uprightness of character which mark only the few |
| | among all whom we meet on our way through life; and he was a singularly |
| | useful public servant. I prized his friendship greatly." |
GEORGE vonLENGERKE MEYER II - - son
WORLD WAR I -- CAPTAIN, U. S. NAVY
GEORGE vonLENGERKE MEYER III - - grandson
WORLD WAR II-- DIED, S. S. BARTON, U. S. NAVY
JOHN F. SWEENEY. JR. - - great grandson
CAPTAIN U. S. ARMY - - GREEN BERET, SPECIAL FORCES, U. S. ARMY
JOINT SERVICES COMMENDATION MEDAL