Meyer, Richard E.

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MEYER, Richard E.

MEYER, Richard E. American, b. 1931. Genres: Architecture, Art/Art history. Career: Oregon College of Education, instructor, 1969-72, assistant professor of English, 1972-81; Western Oregon State College, assistant professor, 1981-82, associate professor, 1982-95, professor of English, 1995-. University of Washington, assistant to Dean of Continuing Education, 1965- 69, director of residential seminars, 1968-69; Fulbright exchange professor, Bulmershe College of Higher Education, Reading University, Reading, England, 1980-81. Consultant, Oregon Small Schools Program, 1974; chair, Monmouth Public Library Board, Monmouth, OR, 1978-80; member of Screening Committee for Fulbright Awards, U.S. Office of Education/U.S. Information Agency, 1981-1991. Publications: (ed. and contrib.) Cemeteries and Gravemarkers: Voices of American Culture (essays), 1989, reprinted, 1992; (ed. and contrib.) Ethnicity and the American Cemetery (essays), 1993; (with P. McDowell) The Revival Styles in American Memorial Art, 1994; Form and Function in the Contemporary Gravemarker, in press; The Renaissance of the American Gangster Movie, 1972-1992, in press. Contributor to studies and periodicals. Address: 407 19th St. NE, Salem, OR 97301, U.S.A.