Charles R. Meyer

Early life and education Meyer was born on May 1, 1913, in West Point, New York, the son of Lieutenant Colonel Hermie Meyer. Meyer grew up at various U.S. Army bases in the U.S. and the Philippines, accompanying his father's post assignments throughout his military career. The Meyer family relocated to the Lehigh Valley area in time for Monk to play football, basketball, and baseball at Allentown High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

After graduating from Allentown High School, Meyer attended preparatory school at Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on April 25, 1932, and led troops in the Pacific Theater under the overall command of GEN Douglas MacArthur during World War II and again in Korea, and was wounded twice. In addition he served in Vietnam and was a Pearl Harbor survivor.

Meyer graduated from the Armed Forces Staff College in 1952 and the Army War College in 1956. Meyer died on August 11, 2001, in Hampton, New Hampshire, and was buried at the West Point Cemetery at the United States Military Academy in New York on October 4, 2001.

Accolades Meyer received the Sports Illustrated Silver Anniversary All-American Award in 1961.

He was inducted into the Lehigh Valley chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.

Like President Dwight D. Eisenhower and GEN MacArthur before him, the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame also presented Monk its most prestigious accolade, the Gold Medal Award, in 1987.

During his military career, Meyer was awarded the following valorous medals: Distinguished Service Cross Silver Star with oak leaf cluster Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster