Myer family

Biographies

• Sidney Myer
• Dame Merlyn Myer
• Sir Norman Myer

  Family tree

• Ezekiel Baevski m. Koona Dubrusha née Shur
• *Yacov Meer Baevski, m. Chaya née Sitz
• **Sir Norman Myer m. Gladys Margaret née Roche, divorced in 1951.
• ***Pamela Myer m. Simon Warrender , a businessman and former Royal Navy officer, the son of Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield. Myer and Warrender divorced in 1986.
• **Sir Norman Myer m. Pamela Margaret née Sallmann.
• *Elcon Myer m. Rose née Marks, later divorced.
• *Sidney Myer m. Hannah Nance née Flegeltaub on 8 March 1905; divorced.
• *Sidney Myer m. Merlyn née Baillieu
• **Ken Myer m. Prudence née Boyd in 1947, divorced 1976.
• ***Joanna Baevski
• ***Michael Myer
• ***Philip Myer
• ***Martyn Myer, a Coles Myer director since 1996.
• ***Andrew Myer
• **Ken Myer m. Yasuko née Hiraoka. Ken is a co-founder of the Myer Foundation. Ken and Yasuko Myer were killed in a light aircraft crash in Alaska on 30 July 1992.
• **Neilma m. Vallejo Gantner on 8 August 1941 in Toorak, Melbourne, and later divorced. Neilma is a co-founder of The Gantner Myer Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art, which was assembled over a four-year period by curator Jennifer Isaacs. The collection was unveiled in San Francisco in September 1999. Neilma Gantner was a member of the Executive of International Social Service, and of the Myer Foundation and the Sidney Myer Fund. She worked as a novelist, poet and short story writer under the pseudonym of Neilma Sidney, and founded the Four Winds Cultural Festival. In 2017 Writers Victoria announced the first recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund, named in her memory.
• ***Carrillo Gantner, a co-founder of The Gantner Myer Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art
• ***Vallejo Gantner Jnr at the age of 19. Along with her son Carillo and brother Baillieu Myer, she established
• **Sidney Baillieu Myer m. Sarah née Hordern. Sidney Baillieu Myer is a co-founder and past president of the Myer Foundation. He was a Trustee of the Sidney Myer Fund from 1958 to 2001 and chairman from 1992–2001. He was chairman of The Myer Emporium Limited, president of the Howard Florey Institute and Executive Member of the CSIRO. His career has spanned the fields of business, medical research, aged care, Australia-Asian relations, the arts, conservation, education and rural communities. His commitments and appointments, past and present, include: Patron of Asialink, Patron of the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal, Trustee Emeritus, National Gallery of Victoria, Director of the Howard Florey Institute, 1971–2002, and President, 1988–1992, Chairman, The Myer Emporium Limited, 1978–1986, Executive Member, CSIRO, 1981–1985. He was made an Honorary Doctor of Law, University of Melbourne, in 1993.
• ***Sid Myer
• ***Samantha Myer
• ***Rupert Hordern Myer , currently the Chair, Australia Council for the Arts, since 2012, and a Deputy Chairman of Myer Holdings Limited.
• **Marigold Merlyn Baillieu Myer m. Ross Shelmerdine in 1950.
• ***Tom Shelmerdine
• ***Stephen Shelmerdine, a winemaker
• **Marigold Merlyn Shelmerdine m. Sir Robert Southey on 22 July 1982. Lady Southey has a longstanding service to the community in the support of health care, medical research and the arts. She was Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria 2001–2006; and served as president of Philanthropy Australia between 2000 and 2006; and the St Catherine's School Foundation. She resigned as president of the Myer Foundation in 2004. Lady Southey is a supporter and Honorary Life Member of the Australian Ballet, Life Member of the Nuffield Farming Scholars Association, and a supporter of Birds Australia.