Joh. P. Meyer was a professor of Old and New Testament at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary for 44 years, 16 of which he concurrently served as President. He was the author of more than 250 articles in the Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly and the author of several books. Professor Meyer died on November 10, 1964 at the age of 91. Two weeks before his death, he preached his last sermon at St. Marcus in Milwaukee where he had been the pulpit assistant for 37 years and on the previous Friday he taught his full schedule of classes at the seminary.