Henry Cord Meyer

[6][4] As one of the planners for the 1943 Operation Torch invasion of Northern Africa, Meyer researched port capacities and possible landing sites.

[7] While at Pomona, he received the 1956 George Louis Beer Prize (American Historical Association) for his 1955 book, Mitteleuropa in German Thought and Action, 1815-1945.

He conducted an extensive correspondence with figures involved with airship travel and mail service and interviewed survivors of the Hindenburg disaster.

His later research included work on the emotional and psychological aspects of slogans (see Drang nach Osten) and images as they relate to perceptions about national identities; he also investigated the phenomena of political manipulation of technology.

In 2002, Meyer's extensive airship research papers and photograph collection were donated to the San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives.