Dr. Walt Meyer is a retired “technocrat,” having spent 22 years in the weather field of the US Air Force and almost 20 years as a program manager for a defense contractor. Walt and wife Karyl have been married 50 years and have three grown children and four grandchildren. Walt’s interest in the Inquisitions stems from his having taught courses on Islam, the Protestant Reformation, and the Crusades, all of which relate in some way to the various Inquisitions. He discovered in his research on the subject that, like the religious forces covered in his other courses, the Inquisitions leave a long trail of legacies, some of which are still present today.
Walt has a BS in Chemistry from Capital University, a PhD in Atmospheric Science from the University of Washington, and he is a graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and the Minnesota Management Academy. He has served on many boards and task forces within the Lutheran Church and is a member of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, sponsored by the Graduate Theological Union of the University of California at Berkeley. He served as Adjunct Professor of Meteorology at Saint Louis University for one year, and he has taught numerous Bible study classes. Through these experiences, and through the Academy, he has found teaching to be one of his passions.
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