Ken Myer

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Ken Myer
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	San Francisco, 1 ga Maris, 1921
ƙasa	Asturaliya
Mazauni	Elizabeth Bay (en)
Mutuwa	30 ga Yuli, 1992
Ƴan uwa
Mahaifi	Sidney Myer
Karatu
Makaranta	Geelong Grammar School (en) Princeton University (en)
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan kasuwa da sailor (en)
Kyaututtuka	gani Distinguished Service Cross  (15 ga Augusta, 1944) Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities  (1969) Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science  (1992) Companion of the Order of Australia  (26 ga Janairu, 1976)
Mamba	Australian Academy of Science (mul)
Aikin soja
Fannin soja	Royal Australian Navy (en)
Ya faɗaci	Yakin Duniya na II

Kenneth Baillieu Myer, AC , DSC (1 Maris 1921 - 30 Yuli 1992) ɗan asalin ƙasar Amurka ne mai kula da fasaha, ilimin ɗan adam da kimiyya; jami'in diflomasiyya, mai gudanarwa, ɗan kasuwa kuma mai taimakon jama'a. Ya kasance memba na fitaccen dangin Myer na Melbourne. Myer ya ba da gudummawa mai yawa ga ci gaban manyan cibiyoyin ƙasa, musamman Howard Florey Laboratories of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, School of Oriental Studies a Jami'ar Melbourne, Victorian Arts Centre da National Library of Australia. A shekarar 1959, ya zama Mai Ba da Shawara kuma Mai Haɗa Kafa Gidauniyar Myer tare da ɗan'uwansa Baillieu Myer AC. Shi ne kuma shugaban kafa Kamfanin Watsa Labarai na Australiya.

Rayuwar Farko da Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu

An haifi Ken Myer a San Francisco, California, Amurka a shekarar 1921, babban ɗan Sidney Myer, wanda ya yi ƙaura zuwa Ostiraliya daga Rasha a shekarar 1899, sannan ya ƙaura zuwa Amurka don samun dukiyarsa. Sidney Myer ya saki matarsa ta farko a Reno, Nevada, amma ba a amince da wannan saki a ƙarƙashin dokar Ostiraliya ba. Matarsa ta biyu, (daga baya Dame) Merlyn Myer, ta yi tafiya zuwa San Francisco don haihuwar kowacce daga cikin 'ya'yanta huɗu don tabbatar da cewa za a ɗauke su halaltattu. Iyalin sun koma Ostiraliya a shekarar 1929 kuma Myer ya yi karatu a Makarantar Grammar Geelong, inda ƙarfinsa ya kasance a fannin kiɗa, fasaha, na gargajiya da harsuna. Mahaifinsa ya mutu yana ƙarami a shekarar 1934, lokacin da Ken yana da shekaru 13. Ya yi rajista a Kwalejin Trinity, Jami'ar Melbourne, na tsawon lokaci a shekarar 1939 kafin a karɓe shi a Jami'ar Oxford amma bai iya halarta ba saboda barkewar Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu. Ya halarci Jami'ar Princeton na tsawon shekara guda, sannan ya koma Ostiraliya ya yi aiki a Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Royal Australian (RAN).

An naɗa Myer a matsayin mataimakin rundunar sojojin ruwa ta Royal Navy na ɗan lokaci a tsakiyar shekarar 1943, kuma ya kai matsayin laftanar. A ranar 15 ga watan Agusta 1944, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Distinguished Service Cross saboda rawar da ya taka a wani hari da HMAS ta kai masa. Arunta a cikin jirgin ruwan karkashin ruwa na Japan Ro-33 wanda ya harba wani jirgin kasuwanci mai suna Malaita, a wajen Port Moresby . [1] An kuma ambace shi a cikin aikawa a shekarar 1944. Daga baya ya yi aiki a cikin sojojin mamaye a Shanghai, Hong Kong da Tokyo. [2]

Sana'a

A shekarar 1948, Myer ya zama Daraktan Myer Emporium, rawar da ya ci gaba da takawa har zuwa 1985. Ya kasance Mataimakin shugaba kuma manajan darakta 1960–1966, Shugaba 1966–1976, kuma Darakta mara zartarwa 1976–1985. Ya kuma kasance Darakta na Coles Myer Ltd 1985–89.

Tare da 'yan uwansa, Myer ya kafa Sidney Myer Music Bowl a shekarar 1959. Ken Myer ya bayar da shi ga mutanen Victoria da Ostiraliya, kuma Firayim Minista na wancan lokacin, Robert Menzies, ya karɓe shi a madadinsu.

Myer ya yi fafutukar gabatar da manyan hanyoyi da manyan kantuna zuwa Ostiraliya, kuma ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen kafa Cibiyar Siyayya ta Chadstone a Melbourne.