William Martin Meyer, Furniture Company CEO, 65

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William Martin Meyer, president and chief executive of Applied
Ergonomic Solutions Inc., a specialty office furniture company, and who
was a Great Falls, Virginia, resident, died of pancreatic cancer
October 31, 2005, at Halquist Memorial Inpatient Center in Arlington,
Virginia, at the age of 65.

A fourth-generation Washingtonian, Mr. Meyer was born in the District
and grew up in Chevy Chase. He attended Georgetown Preparatory School
and graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase [Maryland] High School, where
he was a short, stocky fullback on the 1958 championship football team
and a sprinter on the track team. Football -- high school, college and
professional -- was a passion.

He received a bachelor's degree in economics from Villanova University
in 1963. He served in the Marine Corps Reserve from 1964 to 1970. An
art connoisseur and collector, he formerly was president and chief
executive of Traders of the World Art, an art consulting company he
founded in 1974. During the 1980s, he held executive positions with
several manufacturers of office products, including Ginns Inc.,
Southern Office Supply and Corporate Express. He founded Applied
Ergonomics in 1991.

Mr. Meyer remained interested in art throughout his life and often
traveled to France, Greece, Italy and elsewhere in Western Europe to
indulge his enthusiasm. He also enjoyed visiting the Dominican Republic
and kept a country cottage in Canada, two hours north of Toronto.

Survivors include his wife of 32 years, Chantal Darmet Meyer of Great
Falls, Virginia; a sister, Sallie Ann Cantor, and a brother, F. Weller
Meyer, both of Potomac, Maryland.

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