MEET THE INSTRUCTOR

 

Mr. Tom Meyer

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
bulletAssociate Professor of Economics and Political Science, Patrick Henry Community College
bulletInstructor of Economics, Personal Finance, and Computer Science, McCook Community College
bulletAdjunct Professor of Money, Banking, and Investments Courses, University of Nebraska - Kearney
bulletAssistant Professor of Economics, Mercyhurst College
bulletAdjunct Professor of Economics, Alpena Community College
bulletProfessor of Aerospace Studies, Boston University
bulletAssistant Professor of Economics, USAF Academy
bulletAssistant Professor of Social Science, United States Military Academy (West Point)

 

 

EDUCATION

bulletM.A., Human Relations; University of Oklahoma
bulletM.A., Economics; University of Oklahoma
bulletB.S., Economics; United States Air Force Academy

 


Second Career:
Community College Economics Instructor

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                                 First Career:


USAF Pilot / Commander
1989

CONTACT YOUR INSTRUCTOR THOMAS J. MEYER

at

Rochester Community and Technical College

BIOGRAPHY - For a more formal military biography, click here.

  

          

                        Nathan Thomas Grooters
                    1st grandson - Born April 9th, 2004
                                        Class of 2026

Older brother of Natalie
who is quickly learning her brother's skills.

 

Past Professional Activities

Mr. Tom Meyer is a former Air Force pilot, graduate, and flight instructor at his alma mater, United States Air Force Academy.

He chaired the Department of Aerospace Studies (Reserve Officer Training) while assigned to Boston University. 

He served in the Department of Energy in Washington, DC while assigned to the instructional staff at United States Military Academy at West Point.

He was proficient in light aircraft, the KC-135, and served as both a tanker pilot and an air rescue helicopter instructor. 

The KC-135 Stratotanker, the T-38 Talon, and the HH-43 Husky are pictured on this web page and are all fun to fly. Want to make a real rainbow with a helicopter? Practice approaches to pinnacles in Colorado? Or how about finding true south while flying on top of the clouds using only a matchstick, the sun, and a wrist watch. Take a ride with Tom if he's in his flight instructor mode. You might learn something. It might be fun.

 

 

Here's the two-ship checkout the way it looks from on high.

Each wingman flys so as to position the star on the neighboring ship just ahead of the wingtip.

 

Mr. Meyer flew T-38 formations in pilot training, then the KC-135, and also became an instructor in the HH-43 pictured to the right.

The Husky has twin rotor blades that do the breaststroke.  (Only one rotor seems visible in this picture.)  With that kind lifting power, this helicopter is said to have an altitude record higher than Mt. Everest.

We usually carried a medical technician and firemen - they were well trained and very professional about their jobs.

 

 

  Udorn, Thailand
                                                     Instructor Pilot                               Tom Meyer

 

Current Interests

I'm a "huge" fan of future uses of internet as a means of retaining close family ties with my wife and two beautiful children.  I'm a strong advocate for internet distance education by means of video conferencing. I was recruited to teach in two universities in Bulgaria. Unable to accept and to live near the Caspian Sea at that time, I plan to return via the internet and distance education!

In addition to my passion for economics, I'm an avid tennis player, occasionally recruiting and developing new players.

I have an interest in military aviation, furniture-making (woodworking), old cars, was a secretary in a Nebraskan Humane Society. and a frequent volunteer for Greyhound Friends of North Carolina.  When not preaching doctrine consistent with "Love for econ springs eternal!,"  you'll have to pull me off the tennis court, or interrupt my interest in greyhounds, and in my grandchildren.  I helped deliver over a dozen newborn animals.  I acquired the following ones through my activity with Greyhound Friends of North Carolina, with the McCook (Nebraska) Humane Society, and found homes for many others:

 

Meet "Friendly Spirit."

She's a retired racing greyhound we happily adopted at Greyhound Friends of North Carolina.

"Spirit" has the run of the newest beach in Virginia.  She has a circular fenced track set amid the tall trees in the lower 100 feet or so of our back yard which I filled with eight tons of sand for her to run on.  We call it "Shady Beach."  Sorry - there's not much sun, and no water, but it makes a great little greyhound oval where she has a fun showing off her old racing skills.  She likes toys, being with people, and is quite a kisser.

If you think a greyhound should be grey in color, or at least a natural brindle, this one will suit you.  She could also be called "Shadow" because she is constantly underfoot, ready, and willing to play.

Meet "Bonnie!"

"Bonnie" was our first greyhound.  For a time I also kept "Dakota" and "Big Red" pictured below.   I've helped to place animals like these with loving families whenever I can.  Bonnie received such a home, but kept jumping fences and coming back to her old place with us, so after a year, we all felt Bonnie should move from her Nebraska owner, and she rejoined us in Virginia.  Bonnie is originally from Kansas; her breeder told me Bonnie raced in Birmingham, Alabama and then in Miami, Florida.  Isn't she a beauty!  She's quite natural in fence-jumping, and probably thinks she is quite as good as any horse or pony in that regard.  She loves to run and sprint across a ball diamond in six or eight seconds, and tends to sit down in streams up to her neck to cool down, after a hearty sprint.

 

              Meet "Dakota" - The Care Giver

"Dakota" is an exceptionally friendly retriever.  She's received special training enabling her to visit people in hospitals.  When we left, she remained with friends, where she lived and worked with elder citizens in McCook, Nebraska.

 


Meet "Big Red" - Named in honor of the   Nebraska Football Backfield Runners

Tom Meyer and "Big Red" - a 105 pound doberman - enjoy a relaxed and special moment together on the lawn.

Big Red has passed away, but not from memory.  If the Nebraskan footballers had wanted to learn how to chase squirrels up the nearest tree, he would have been Head Coach.

 



 



Meet "Stanley" - Named after Detroit's   Winning Stanley Cup Hockey Team

Thought you'd like to see a picture of determination and stick-to-it-tive-ness.  That's our "grand-dog" Stanley, the boxer who left his bone done there sometime before it snowed!  We like to think that our family hockey players will work this hard to find the puck!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meet Our "Road-Love"

My brother Jim got my 1928 Mercedes replicar shown here into pretty good shape.  During summers, his car has been part of an international tour taken by driving enthusiasts down the  Mississippi River valley.  In the first year the tour traveled from  headwaters of the Mississippi  in Canada to St. Louis, Missouri. The car ran flawlessly and carried Canadian and American flags mounted on chromed poles behind the headlights. 

When the tour resumed the next year, this car  traveled onward once again from St. Louis, Missouri to New Orleans, Louisiana.  Shucks, Jim did the driving, and I just watch the jpegs from afar. 

You can see this car, often near its home, somewhere along the Mississippi River.  It's real driver is my brother, Jim Meyer.    (Wish I were in it!)

 

AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO ME - Videoconferencing

Technology products in frequent use:

bulletDragon Naturally Speaking 
bulletFrontPage
bulletBlackBoard

                                                                        - Tennis

bulletI'm  (whoops) usually in great form on the tennis court as you can see...
 
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AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO ME -  Aviation, Travel, & Cultural Diversity

 

Self Portrait - Special Qualities of an Airman

 

 Lake Erie - "The Bounty" - and Tom Meyer

 

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Love for econ springs eternal !