Published February 9, 2015 | Version 9 February 2015

MEYER, Eugene Isaac

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  • 1. Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • 2. The College of Wooster, United States
  • 3. Geneva, Switzerland

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American financier and first President of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) 1946 Was born 31 October 1875 in Los Angeles, California, United States and passed away 17 July 1959 in Washington DC. He was the son of Marc Eugene Meyer, financier, and Harriet Newmark. On 12 February 1910 he married Agnes Elizabeth Ernst, journalist, with whom he had four daughters and one son. Entry in IO BIO, Biographical Dictionary of Secretaries-General of International Organizations.

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