Dr. Meyrowitz teaches American History, 19th and 20th century European History, 20th century Global History, international relations, nuclear weapons and international security, and international law.  His research interests include the effect of the military tactics used in Viet Nam by the United States on the evolution and development of the international humanitarian law of armed conflict and the lessons of Viet Nam that have been assimilated by foreign policy decision-makers and the American citizens since the end of the Viet Nam War.

His educational experience includes a Ph.D, J.D, M.A., and B.A.  He first obtained his B.A., with honors, in Political Science from the University of North Carolina in 1971.  Soon after he earned his M.A. in History from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975.  Dr. Meyrowitz also achieved his Ph.D. in History from the University of Pennsylvania in 1986.  His J.D. was awarded by Rutgers University School of Law(Newark) in 1979.

In addition to teaching as an adjunct professor at LTU, Dr. Meyrowitz has taught at the Michigan State University College of Law, Wayne State University, Oakland Community College, Macomb Community College, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva University), University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Maryland in Japan. He is currently teaching courses in history, international relations and international law at LTU, MSU, WSU, OCC, and MCC.

Dr. Meyrowitz has numerous scholarly publications, including:

Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons:  The Relevance of International Law, Transitional Publishers (1990). [Reviewed by  Professor Lynn Miller of Temple University in 86 American Journal of International Law 207 (1992) and reviewed in 33 Harvard Journal of International Law 335 (1992)].  

"What Does Law Have To Do With Nuclear Weapons?", 9 Michigan State University-DCL Journal of International Law 305 (2000).

"Vietnam Veterans and War Crimes Hearings," (with Kenneth J. Campbell), in Give Peace a Chance:  Exploring the Vietnam Antiwar Movement, eds., M.Small and W.Hoover, (1992).

"The Opinons of Legal Scholars on the Legal Status of Nuclear Weapons,"  24 Stanford Journal of International Law 111 (1998).  (This article was cited and relied upon by Rutgers University Law School Professor Roger Clarke on behalf of Samoa before the International Court of Justice in its consideration of an advisory opinion requested by the UN General Assembly on the "Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons.").

"Nuclear Weapons are Illegal Threats," Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (May 1985).

Comment, Symposium entitles "Strategic Arms Negotiations:  A Critical Reassessment," 16 N.Y.U. Journal of International Law and Politics 673 (1984).

"The Laws of Wars and Nuclear Weapons," 9 Brooklyn Journal of International Law 227 (1983), reprinted in Nuclear Weapons and Law, (A.Miller and M.Feinrider, eds).

"Are Nuclear Weapons Legal?" Bulletin of Atomic Scientist (October 1983).

"Are Nuclear Weapons Legal?" The Shingle (Philadelphia Bar Association Quarterly Magazine), Summer (1982).

Review of R.Falk, Human Rights and State Sovereignty, 8 Brooklyn Journal of International Law 257 (1983).

"The Illegality of Nuclear Weapons:  Statement of the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy," 8 Alternatives: A Journal of World Policy 291 (1982).

"The Laws of War and Nuclear Weapons," Proceedings of the American Society of International Law 214 (1982).

"The Nuclear Weapons Fallacy?" California Lawyer (State Bar of Claifornia), April 1982.

"Nuclear Weapons Policy:  The Ultimate Tyranny," 7 Nova Law Journal 93 (1982).

"Nuclear Weapons and International Law," with Richard Falk and Jack Sanderson, Occasional Paper No.10, Center of International Studies, Princeton University (1981); reprinted 10 Indian Journal of International Law 541 (1982); translated into Japanese, 80 Journal of International Law and Diplomacy 1 (1982). (This article was cited and relied upon by the International Court of Justice in its advisory opinion issued on July 8, 1996 on the "Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons."

As a result of his scholarly publications, Dr. Meyrowitz has received numerous invitations to lecture at various universities and before professional organizations in United States, Europe and Japan.

He has also served in the United States Army (1964-1967) and as a paratrooper with the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam (1965-1966).  He attended undergraduate and graduate school on the Disabled Veterans Retraining Program sponsored by the Veterans Administration.

In addition to his extensive teaching experience, Dr. Meyrowitz also has many years of legal experience in the financial services industry.  He has served as General Counsel and Managing Director for Mentor Capital Partners in Troy, MI. He was the Associate General Counsel for Michigan National Corporation in Farmington Hills, MI and also was Counsel for Bankers Trust Company in New York, NY.