- We lost a really good one the other day when George Meyer passed. It’s also personal. When he was an impactful journalism instructor at USF, I was one of his students. He was as entertaining as he was instructive. When you saw your words—whether from an assigned movie review or an editorial “think piece”–projected on a screen for all to scrutinize, it could be revealing, humbling, funny—and motivating.
Outside the classroom and his varied real estate interests, George was gregariously funny in a group–whether a party, a poker game, the Press Box or his cherished Hyde Park Men’s Club–and witty with his individual asides, notably on politics and sports. George was a friend. That makes me one of many. His presence rendered “bigger than life” much more than a cliché. He will be missed—but what a legacy. Thanks, big guy.