Carrillo Gantner interviewed by Christine Edwards in the Australian philanthropists oral history project

Carrillo Gantner, born in San Francisco, California, speaks about his parents; his American father; his Australian mother; their marriage and divorce; his brother; his childhood in San Francisco and Melbourne; the Myer family; his schooling and education; Melbourne Grammar School; Melbourne University, Trinity College; teaching at Western Highlands of New Guinea; health; his career as a journalist at the Herald newspaper; Stanford University, Drama Department, 1966; his career in Australia; Australia Council, Adelaide and Sydney; his role as the General Manager of the Melbourne Theatre Company; philanthropy; developing the Playbox Theatre Company; Sidney Myer; his involvement with The Myer Foundation and the Sidney Myer Fund; the impact and long term effect of philanthropy; Private Ancillary Funds; Gordon Darling Foundation; artists between Australia and Asia; his family; his contribution on non-profit boards; the impact of Nanjing Acrobatic Troupe; Asialink; his plans for the future; personal philanthropy; the influence of ideas; his personal values.