Christopher Meyer, son of Cincinnati residents, earns graduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS, MO (07/06/2011)(readMedia)-- Christopher Meyer, son of Janet and Douglas Meyer of Cincinnati, Ohio (45241), received a graduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis on May 20. Meyer graduated with a Juris Doctoris from the School of Law.

Meyer was among the 2,800 students who received degrees at the university's 150th Commencement ceremony, which was held in Brookings Quadrangle on campus. Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and human rights activist, delivered the Commencement address. Wiesel received an honorary doctor of humane letters.

Meyer graduated from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind. with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering in 2004 and a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering in 2006.

Washington University is counted among the world's leaders in teaching and research, and it draws students and faculty to St. Louis from all 50 states and more than 110 nations. The total student body is nearly 14,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students.

The approximately 3,400 faculty teach in seven schools: Arts & Sciences, Brown School, Olin Business School, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, School of Engineering & Applied Science, School of Law and School of Medicine. Twenty-three Nobel laureates have been associated with Washington University, with nine doing the major portion of their pioneering research there.

The university offers more than 90 programs and almost 1,500 courses leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in a broad spectrum of traditional and interdisciplinary fields, with additional opportunities for minor concentrations and individualized programs.