Dame Linda Holloway | |
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Born | Linda Jane Brown 10 June 1940
Loanhead,
Midlothian, Scotland |
Citizenship | New Zealand |
Alma mater | University of Aberdeen |
Known for | Cartwright Inquiry, Abortion Supervisory Committee |
Spouse | John Stevenson Holloway (d. 1999) |
Children | 3 [1] |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Otago |
Thesis | |
Relatives |
Jack Holloway (father-in-law) John Holloway (son) |
Dame Linda Jane Holloway DNZM (née Brown, born 10 June 1940) is a Scottish-born [2] New Zealand anatomical pathologist academic, and was a full professor at the University of Otago. [3]
Holloway was born in Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland, on 10 June 1940. [4] She was raised in that country, and met her husband, New Zealand forester John Stevenson Holloway, the son of John Thorpe Holloway, while he was a student at the University of Aberdeen. [5] [1] She moved to New Zealand in 1970, becoming a naturalised New Zealander in 1978. [4] [5]
After emigrating, Holloway initially worked in provincial New Zealand, before moving to the University of Otago and Dunedin Hospital in 1975. [5] She held numerous administrative and advisory roles, including medical advisor to the Cartwright Inquiry and being a long-serving member of the Abortion Supervisory Committee. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] Holloway became a full professor at Otago in 1994, and following her retirement in 2006 was conferred the title of professor emeritus. [12]
In the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours, Holloway was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to medicine. [13] She was elevated to Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2005 Queen’s Birthday Honours, [14] and she accepted redesignation as a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit following the restoration of titular honours by the New Zealand government in 2009. [15]
Holloway's husband, John, was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to forestry and conservation, in the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours. [16] He died in Dunedin on 1 January 1999. [1] She is the mother of John Holloway. [17]
Dame Linda Holloway | |
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Born | Linda Jane Brown 10 June 1940
Loanhead,
Midlothian, Scotland |
Citizenship | New Zealand |
Alma mater | University of Aberdeen |
Known for | Cartwright Inquiry, Abortion Supervisory Committee |
Spouse | John Stevenson Holloway (d. 1999) |
Children | 3 [1] |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Otago |
Thesis | |
Relatives |
Jack Holloway (father-in-law) John Holloway (son) |
Dame Linda Jane Holloway DNZM (née Brown, born 10 June 1940) is a Scottish-born [2] New Zealand anatomical pathologist academic, and was a full professor at the University of Otago. [3]
Holloway was born in Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland, on 10 June 1940. [4] She was raised in that country, and met her husband, New Zealand forester John Stevenson Holloway, the son of John Thorpe Holloway, while he was a student at the University of Aberdeen. [5] [1] She moved to New Zealand in 1970, becoming a naturalised New Zealander in 1978. [4] [5]
After emigrating, Holloway initially worked in provincial New Zealand, before moving to the University of Otago and Dunedin Hospital in 1975. [5] She held numerous administrative and advisory roles, including medical advisor to the Cartwright Inquiry and being a long-serving member of the Abortion Supervisory Committee. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] Holloway became a full professor at Otago in 1994, and following her retirement in 2006 was conferred the title of professor emeritus. [12]
In the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours, Holloway was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to medicine. [13] She was elevated to Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2005 Queen’s Birthday Honours, [14] and she accepted redesignation as a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit following the restoration of titular honours by the New Zealand government in 2009. [15]
Holloway's husband, John, was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to forestry and conservation, in the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours. [16] He died in Dunedin on 1 January 1999. [1] She is the mother of John Holloway. [17]