Cord Meyer

Cord Meyer IV
Born(1920-11-10)November 10, 1920
DiedMarch 13, 2001(2001-03-13) (aged 80)
Burial placeArlington National Cemetery
38°52′33″N 77°03′50″W / 38.8757075°N 77.0639668°W / 38.8757075; -77.0639668
Known for1st President of United World Federalists
Spouses
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(m. 1945; div. 1958)​
Starke Patteson Anderson
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(m. 1966)​
Parents
  • Cord Meyer III (father)
  • Katherine Blair Thaw (mother)
Relatives Cord Meyer II (grandfather)
William Thaw Sr. (great-grandfather)

Cord Meyer IV (/ˈmaɪ.ər/; November 10, 1920 – March 13, 2001) was a war veteran, a world federalist, a CIA official and a writer. After serving in World War II as a Marine officer in the Pacific War, where he was both injured and decorated, he led the United World Federalists in the years after the war. Around 1949, he began working for the CIA, where he became a high-level operative, retiring in 1977. After retiring from intelligence work in 1977, Meyer wrote as a columnist and book author.

From 1945 to 1958, Meyer was married to Mary Pinchot, who was later romantically linked to President John F. Kennedy. Her murder in 1964, eleven months after Kennedy's assassination, remains unresolved.[1]

  1. ^ Magazine, Smithsonian; Morrow, Lance. "44 Years Later, a Washington, D.C. Death Unresolved". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2023-08-21.