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==Background==

==Background==

Meyer was born in [Deerfield in Lake County in northeastern [[Illinois]]. His Republican family opposed [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and joked that the [[New Deal]] agency, the [[Works Progress Administration]], or WPA, means, "We Pay Always." In 1934, the six-year-old Meyer passed out cards for his father, who ran for a school board seat in suburban [[Chicago]]. Meyer served in the [[United States Army]] and graduated in 1949 with a Bachelor of Science degree in [[mechanical engineering]] from [[Purdue University]] in West Lafayette, [[Indiana]], and [[Harvard Business School]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref name=meyer>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20120924-fred-meyer-businessman-who-helped-lead-gop-to-dominate-dallas-politics-dead-at-84.ece|title=Fred Meyer, who built Dallas and Texas GOP into dominant force, dies at age 84 |publisher=''The Dallas Morning News''|author=Gromer Jeffers, Jr., and Joe Simnacher|date=September 24, 2012|accessdate=March 18, 2015}}</ref>

Meyer was born in Deerfield in Lake County in northeastern [[Illinois]]. His Republican family opposed [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and joked that the [[New Deal]] agency, the [[Works Progress Administration]], or WPA, means, "We Pay Always." In 1934, the six-year-old Meyer passed out cards for his father, who ran for a school board seat in suburban [[Chicago]]. Meyer served in the [[United States Army]] and graduated in 1949 with a Bachelor of Science degree in [[mechanical engineering]] from [[Purdue University]] in West Lafayette, [[Indiana]], and [[Harvard Business School]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref name=meyer>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20120924-fred-meyer-businessman-who-helped-lead-gop-to-dominate-dallas-politics-dead-at-84.ece|title=Fred Meyer, who built Dallas and Texas GOP into dominant force, dies at age 84 |publisher=''The Dallas Morning News''|author=Gromer Jeffers, Jr., and Joe Simnacher|date=September 24, 2012|accessdate=March 18, 2015; no longer on-line}}</ref>

A diversified businessman, Meyer sat on the boards of eighteen businesses and non-tax paying institutions, including five companies listed on the [[New York Stock Exchange]]. He was a chief operating officer of three firms and the chairman of the board of two others.<ref name=frm/> He was treasurer of Aladdin Industries in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], and then a senior vice president and then from 1983 to 1986 president of the Tyler Corporation in Dallas.<ref name=meyer/>

A diversified businessman, Meyer sat on the boards of eighteen businesses and non-tax paying institutions, including five companies listed on the [[New York Stock Exchange]]. He was a chief operating officer of three firms and the chairman of the board of two others.<ref name=frm/> He was treasurer of Aladdin Industries in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], and then a senior vice president and then from 1983 to 1986 president of the Tyler Corporation in Dallas.<ref name=meyer/>