He graduated from Natrona County High School and was educated at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, from which he earned his undergraduate degree and then his J.D.
[2] Sullivan expressed apprehension when he approached the Republican Meyer to be his attorney general: "I didn't know if he'd be willing to risk a promising political future by signing on to an untested Democratic governor.
Attorney General Meyer forged an agreement with ExxonMobil over the determination of the value of the company's natural gas processing and transportation facilities in Sublette and Lincoln counties.
[1] After his tenure as attorney general ended, Meyer subsequently served as a special assistant for governmental relations and communications to the president of the University of Wyoming.
[1] Meyer was succeeded as treasurer by Mark Gordon, a former candidate for the sole seat that Wyoming holds in the United States House of Representatives appointed to the post by Governor Matt Mead.
"[2] Former vice president of the United States Dick Cheney, who attended Natrona County High School and the University of Wyoming with Meyer, recalled that the two had also shared a small one-bedroom apartment in Laramie.
"[3] Former governor Dave Freudenthal, a Democrat who preceded Matt Mead, said that Meyer "had the greatest public service record in recent history.
As my attorney general, he provided me with support, friendship and representation as he did for the people of the state with extraordinary confidence and judgment.
At the memorial service, Governor Mead described Meyer's life as "a Wyoming story: a cowboy riding to his last day because it's not just what he does, it is who he is.