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Born in [[San Antonio]] to Sol and Ernestine E. Mayer, he was educated in [[Fort Worth]], [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], and [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], but graduated from Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest near [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. He served for twenty-seven months in [[World War I]] and for four years in [[World War II]], in which he reached the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]] in the United States Army Air Corps, forerunner of the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]].<ref name=txonline/>

Born in [[San Antonio]] to Sol and Ernestine E. Mayer, he was educated in [[Fort Worth]], [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], and [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], but graduated from Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest near [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. He served for twenty-seven months in [[World War I]] and for four years in [[World War II]], in which he reached the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]] in the United States Army Air Corps, forerunner of the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]].<ref name=txonline/>

After studying business administration at the University of Denver, Mayer in 1924 began raising [[sheep]] and [[goat]]s and in the 1930s was the president and manager of the Lone Star Wool and Mohair Cooperative Association. He was for two years vice-president of the National Wool Growers Association and also presided over the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association. He was a director for the San Angelo National Bank in San Angelo, Texas, and the president of the San Angelo Community Concert Association and the Rotary Club. He was a member of the Concho Valley Council of the [[Boy Scouts]], the Masonic lodge, and the American Legion.<ref name=txonline/>

After studying business administration at the University of Denver, Mayer in 1924 began raising [[sheep]] and [[goat]]s and in the 1930s was the president and manager of the Lone Star Wool and Mohair Cooperative Association. He was for two years vice-president of the National Wool Growers Association and also presided over the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association. He was a director for the San Angelo National Bank in [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]], Texas, and the president of the San Angelo Community Concert Association and the Rotary Club. He was a member of the Concho Valley Council of the [[Boy Scouts]], the Masonic lodge, and the American Legion.<ref name=txonline/>

Beginning in 1953, Mayer joined the Texas Republican Executive Committee. Earlier, he had been an [[Electoral college|elector]] for [[Wendell Willkie]] in the 1940 presidential election and twice an elector for [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in 1952 and 1956. He ran for governor in 1958 but was defeated seven-to-one in a mostly uncontested general election by the incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Marion Price Daniel, Sr. Meyer then went on to become the Republican county chairman in Sutton County, a center of the sheep and goats industry.<ref name=txonline/>  

Beginning in 1953, Mayer joined the Texas Republican Executive Committee. Earlier, he had been an [[Electoral college|elector]] for [[Wendell Willkie]] in the 1940 presidential election and twice an elector for [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in 1952 and 1956. He ran for governor in 1958 but was defeated seven-to-one in a mostly uncontested general election by the incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Marion Price Daniel, Sr. Meyer then went on to become the Republican county chairman in Sutton County, a center of the sheep and goats industry.<ref name=txonline/>