Colleen Rose Meyer (March 8, 1939 – July 17, 2015) was an American businesswoman and politician. Meyer was born in

Honolulu Honolulu (; ) is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is in the Pacific Ocean. It is an unincorporated county seat of the consolidated City and County of Honolulu, situated along the southeast coast of the island ...

Hawaii Territory The Territory of Hawaii or Hawaii Territory (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ''Panalāʻau o Hawaiʻi'') was an organized incorporated territories of the United States, organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from Ap ...

. She graduated from

Punahou School Punahou School (known as Oahu College until 1934) is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school in Honolulu, Hawaii. More than 3,700 students attend the school from kindergarten through twelfth grade, 12th grade. Protestant missionar ...

, in 1957, and received her associate degree, in 1959, from the

College of San Mateo College of San Mateo (CSM) is a public community college in San Mateo, California. It is part of the San Mateo County Community College District. College of San Mateo is located at the northern corridor of Silicon Valley and situated on a 15 ...

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. Meyer was involved in the real estate business and lived in Kaneohe, Hawaii. Meyer served in the

Hawaii House of Representatives The Hawaii House of Representatives is the lower house of the Hawaii State Legislature. Pursuant to Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution of Hawaii, amended during the 1978 constitutional convention, the House of Representatives consis ...

from 1995 to 2008 and was a

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. Meyer died at her home in Kaneohe, Hawaii, from cancer.Votesmart.org.-Colleen Meyer
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1939 births 2015 deaths Politicians from Honolulu Businesspeople from Hawaii Punahou School alumni College of San Mateo alumni Women state legislators in Hawaii Republican Party members of the Hawaii House of Representatives Deaths from cancer in Hawaii 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American women 21st-century American women {{US-business-bio-1930s-stub