Robert E. Meyers (December 23, 1913 – March 26, 2007) was an American

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

and

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. He served as the 26th

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Fort Wayne, Indiana Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is west of the Ohio border and south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 as of the 2020 Censu ...

, succeeding Harry W. Baals, who died in office in 1954. A reluctant mayor, he served out the term of Baals after winning a special election and declined to run for reelection, citing the fact he went to school to be a lawyer, not a politician. Meyers was a leader in the city's effort to

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suburban areas surrounding Fort Wayne. Under his leadership, in his years as mayor from 1954 to 1959, the city grew from to in area. In later life, Meyers served as an Allen County Superior Court Judge from 1971 until he retired from public life a second time, in 1985.

Legacy

Robert E. Meyers Park, part of Fort Wayne's

Harrison Square Harrison Square is a mixed-use downtown revitalization project in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The project includes a ballpark that is primarily used for baseball, home field to the Fort Wayne TinCaps minor league baseball team. Also included are new retai ...

development, was dedicated in Meyers' honor on August 14, 2009. The Meyers family contributed $300,000 for completion of the park.

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March 27, 2007: Former Fort Wayne Mayor Robert Meyers Dies
Mayors of Fort Wayne, Indiana 1913 births 2007 deaths Indiana Republicans 20th-century American politicians People from Fort Wayne, Indiana {{Indiana-mayor-stub