Berl Meyer:
CLASS OF 1963
Fern Creek Traditional High SchoolClass of 1963
Louisville, KY
Berl's Story
Berl is from Jeffersontown, Kentucky. His schools include Fern Creek High School. He later attended University of Louisville. He works(ed) at Kentucky Society of Natural History.
Berl's interests include Denver Broncos. Books he likes include The Long Road to Antietam by Richard Slotkin. Movies he likes include The Aftershock Survival Summit, Gods and Generals, Gettysburg. TV shows he likes include Civil War: The Untold Story, WGBH American Experience . Death and the Civil War.
My early years were spent in the Browns Lane area of St. Matthews, but moved to Jeffersontown where he grew up on North Watterson Trail. I attended the Jeffersontown Elementary School later graduating from Fern Creek High School in 1963 prior to there being a HS in Jeffersontown, which is where I eventually became a teacher. First however, he attended the University of Arizona for two yea...Expand for more
rs before transferring to the U of L where he earned a MasterâÂÂs degree in geology. Berl retired from the Jefferson County Public Schools teaching Earth Science at Crosby Middle School after twenty-seven years of teaching.
His tenure at U of L was interrupted by being drafted into the Navy in 1967 during the Vietnam War. Berl spent most of his time in the military assigned to an aircraft carrier, the USS Constellation, which he affectionately refers to as ÂÂConnie, ÂÂ which at the present heading to be scrapped in Brownsville, Texas. You can appreciate the ship and BerlaÂÂs work as webmaster. Currently I'm involved in many organizations, serving as officers of several. I'm the Vice President of the KY Society of Natural History. Berl is the President and webmaster of the Colorado Cherokee Trail Chapter of the Oregon-California Trail Association (OCTA)
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