Julius Paul Meyer (November 1, 1871 – July 9, 1945) was a German-American shipping executive.
Early life
editMeyer was born on November 1, 1871, in Hoboken, New Jersey. He was a son of Mathilde (née Teubner) Meyer (1845–1910) and Jurgen Friedrich Heinrich Meyer (1838–1913), the representative of the Hamburg Line for almost half a century who was known as "Steamer Meyer".[1] Among his siblings were sister, Gertrude, and brothers, Carl Gerhard Meyer, Jergen Arnold Meyer, Rudolph Meyer, Otto Meyer.[2]
Career
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After attending Hoboken Academy,[1] Meyer began his career in 1888 as an employee of Kunhardt & Co. before becoming general agent of the line, then vice director in 1912.[2] When the United American Line was taken over Hamburg America Line, he became Director-General.[3][4] In this capacity, he reestablished connections with Germany after World War I.[5] After forty-two years with the line, he retired in 1931.[6][3]
Meyer served as president of the Board of Trade for German-American Commerce. He was a member of German Society in New York, founded in 1784, and was chairman of its anniversary committee in 1934.[2]
He was also involved in Republican politics, supporting Charles Evans Hughes for Governor of New York in 1908 and attending the 1908 Republican National Convention in Chicago as a delegate.[7] President Theodore Roosevelt took the Hamburg America Line steamship Winduk from Naples, Italy, to Mombasa, Kenya, during his African safari and Meyer corresponded with Roosevelt's Executive Clerk, Rudolph Forster.[8] In 1927, he attended the funeral of Ambassador Adolf Georg von Maltzan.[9]
Personal life
editMeyer and his wife, Wilhelmina, lived at 755 Park Avenue in Manhattan. After a seven-week illness, Meyer died at the French Hospital in New York on July 9, 1945.[2]
Honors
editIn 1914, he was awarded a Knight 2nd Class of the Order of the Red Eagle by Kaiser Wilhelm II.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Who was who in America. Marquis-Who's Who. 1950. p. 371. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "JULIUS PAUL MEYER. Retired Director of Hamburg-American Line". The New York Times. July 10, 1945. p. 11. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ a b "FRIENDS HONOR J.P. MEYER. Retiring Hamburg-American Official Is Guest at Dinner". The New York Times. June 4, 1931. p. 55. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "JULIUS PAUL MEYER". Das Deutsche Element Der Stadt New York (in German): 188. 1913. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "HAMBURG LINE HEAD SAILS. Julius P. Meyer on Way to Germany on Business Errand". The New York Times. July 17, 1919. p. 14. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Shipping Men to Honor J. P. Meyer". The New York Times. May 30, 1931. p. 33. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Letter from Julius P. Meyer to Rudolph Forster". www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.: Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Letter from Julius P. Meyer to Rudolph Forster". www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.: Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR VON MALTZAN; Prominent Men, Friends of Ambassador, Hear Eulogy in Zion Church". The New York Times. 26 September 1927. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
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