Prof Meyer's generosity and diverse family background enriched many Duke libraries. I first became aware of this scholar and his family when the Lilly Library was offered some precious books on the Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918). Perhaps Switzerland's greatest painter, early Swiss documentary monographs on this artist's life and work were not the kind of thing I could retrospectively purchase. Learning he was a Duke physics professor piqued my curiosity that much more. I had the chance to thank him once personally for these and, like Melanie, found him charming, self-effacing, and widely versed. Dr Meyer leaves much for us to be grateful for.