Kenneth Baillieu Myer ’43

KEN WAS KILLED in an Alaska plane crash on July 30, 1992, at the age of 71.

He was with the Class of 1943 only for freshman year, 193940. An Australian, Ken left Princeton to sign up with the navy of his country and subsequently won the Distinguished Service Cross.

Everyone who came in contact with Ken Myer was touched by his enthusiasm, plus an eclectic mind that ranged across the arts, social reform, business, conservation and anything to do with science and technologyall backed up by a willingness to become personally and financially involved.

Ken's lifelong commitment to philanthropy was in part a legacy of his father, Sidney Myer, founder of the Bourke Street emporium in Melbourne that was to evolve into a retailing empire.

In addition, Ken acted as chairman and director of Coles Myer, from 1965 to 1989, and was president of the Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine; chairman of the Victorian Arts Center Trust, 19651989; trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales; and chairman of the Australian Broadcasting System from 1983 to 1986.

Ken married Prudence Boyd in 1947. Five children resulted from that union, which ended in divorce, He than married Yasuko Hiraoka, in 1979. She was killed in the plane crash with him.

To the survivors, we offer our most heartfelt sympathies,

The Class of l943