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Entering the Diplomatic Service, Cord Meyer served as Secretary of the Legations in Cuba and Sweden, and Secretary to various American delegations to International Conferences, the last of which was his position as Secretary General to the International American Conference on Conciliation and Arbitration held in Washington, 1929. 

Other positions with delegations and conferences in which he served were: Assistant Secretary of the Conference on Electrical Communications, 1919, in Washington; Assistant Secretary of the Conference of Central American Republics, 1922, also in Washington; Assistant Secretary of the American Delegation to the Fifth International Conference of the American States, 1923, in Santiago, Chile; and Secretary of the American Delegation to the Sixth International Conference of American States, 1928, held in Havana, Cuba.

Upon leaving the Diplomatic Service, Cord Meyer entered private business with firms with which his family had been associated, principally in real estate and building construction enterprises. He became President of the Cord Meyer Company, one of the major developers of the Borough of Queens, New York City. He retained a residence in that city but also had a country home in North Hampton, New Hampshire, where he took an active interest in the local airport, often flying to and from a Long Island field.

Cord Meyer's church affiliation was with St. Andrews by the Sea, Rye Beach, New Hampshire, where he was a Warden. He was a Fellow of the American Geographic Society, a member of the Down Town Association, and Grand Jury Association, and the First Panel Sheriff's Jury in New York City. He was a member of the American Foreign Association and the Metropolitan Club in Washington, D.C., and also of the Racquet and Tennis Club, the Yale Club, and the Abenaqui Golf Club. He was a founder, former director, and vice president of the renowned Wings Club, and past commander of the American Legion Post 501, both of New York City.

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