PHOENIXVILLE
After leading the University of Valley Forge for over 19 years, President Don Meyer and his wife Evie have announced their retirement. Dr. Meyer’s original written announcement regarding a retirement date effective July 1, 2017, to the Board of Trustees on Wednesday, April 6, became an announcement on Thursday, April 7, to faculty and staff and then to students on Friday, April 8, that Dr. Meyer and Evie will be retiring effective July 1, 2016. The reason for the one year earlier date for their retirement came after the Board voted unanimously on a resolution to grant both Dr. Meyer and Evie a one year sabbatical, with full pay and benefits, as an expression of love and appreciation from the Board of Trustees for their dedicated years of service to the University of Valley Forge. Dr. Meyer had originally planned to retire in 2013 but due to circumstances that arose at the University on a few occasions, he postponed his retirement three times to 2017, which was stated in his letter to the Board of Trustees. The Board did not feel he needed to delay his retirement for another year and their generosity to give this amazing gift of time was a great surprise and blessing to the Meyers.
According to Dr. Meyer’s Facebook page, “…a farewell celebration for Evie and me will be held at UVF sometime later, perhaps this fall 2016.” He continued, “The Board will name an interim President very shortly to begin serving on July 1, 2016, (when my Presidency ends) while the UVF Presidential Search Committee begins their responsibilities to find the next man or woman of God to serve as President to lead this precious University.”
We here at the Phoenixville Regional Chamber of Commerce would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Meyer for his kindness, his insight, and his unflagging support of both the Chamber and the community. It is difficult to imagine the community without him, and we look forward to working with his successor. We wish him and his wife well as they begin their well-earned retirement.
