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Elmer E. Meyer Jr. passed away on Monday, June 18, 2012 in Washington DC. He had a 30-year career in higher education administration and a second 18-year career as a volunteer for the Smithsonian Institution. He was an Assistant Dean of Students at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Dean of Students at Cornell University and finally Vice-Chancellor for Student Life at East Carolina University until retiring in 1989. He loved working as an advocate for students as the made they way through their college careers, but his favorite job was working at the Smithsonian. Elmer was a life-long big band jazz fan and a supporter of the ECU jazz program. After 2 years of declining health, Elmer E. Meyer passed away late Sunday evening at the Georgetown Retirement Center in DC.He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Nancy Ramsay Meyer and his three children Marc Meyer, Megan Hartley, and Rene Meyer-Grimberg (as well as seven grandchildren). In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospicehttps://hospicenet.org/html/donate.htmlhttps://www.givedirect.org/give/givefrm.asp?Action=GC&CID=691or to the ECU Jazz music program.to ECU Foundation. Checks should have the memo “Jazz Studies”(a/c 0197). Mail to:Nancy BallECU Development Office2200 South Charles BoulevardGreenville, NC 27858 Online giving: www.giving.ecu.edu.Use the drop down box to go to: College of Fine Arts and Communication/ School of Music/ Jazz Studies. (They are adding Jazz Studies per your request for online giving – keep trying if it doesn’t function immediately as they need time to set it up)