Gerald Meigs

Gerald A. Meigs, class of 1957 was Senior Vice President at St. Paul Book and Stationery, and a director for two national trade associations covering the office and school products industry. He later went on to work with former Minnesota Gov. Elmer L. Andersen at ECM Publishers. He was a director of the international board of Rotary International where he served as executive committee chair of and received several of its highest honors. He has been involved in service projects around the world, particularly Rotary’s PolioPlus program, through which he personally distributed immunizations in Ethiopia, India and Nigeria. He co-founded an independent living community for seniors, led the establishment of the foundation at Falcon Heights United Church of Christ, twice served as president of the James J. Hill Reference Library and is active in Sugarloaf, a northshore environmental stewardship organization near Tofte, Minn. Gerald has two sons and five grandsons and lives in Saint Paul.