Margaret di Menna | |
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Born | Margaret Elaine di Menna 8 July 1923
Huddersfield,
Yorkshire, England |
Died | 24 March 2014
Hamilton, New Zealand | (aged 90)
Alma mater | University of Otago |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Microbiology |
Thesis | Yeasts of the human body, their nature and relationship (1954) |
Margaret Elaine di Menna ONZM (8 July 1923 – 24 March 2014) was a New Zealand microbiologist. In 1954 she became the first woman to gain a Doctor of Philosophy degree from a New Zealand university. Her doctoral thesis at the University of Otago was entitled Yeasts of the human body, their nature and relationship. [1] She had previously graduated with a MSc(Hons) from the same institution in 1948. [2]
In 1990, di Menna was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal, [3] and in the 1997 New Year Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to microbiology. [4] In 2011, the reading room at Abbey College at the University of Otago was named in her honour. [5] She was a prominent member of Zonta International. [6]
She died in Hamilton in 2014. [7]
Margaret di Menna | |
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Born | Margaret Elaine di Menna 8 July 1923
Huddersfield,
Yorkshire, England |
Died | 24 March 2014
Hamilton, New Zealand | (aged 90)
Alma mater | University of Otago |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Microbiology |
Thesis | Yeasts of the human body, their nature and relationship (1954) |
Margaret Elaine di Menna ONZM (8 July 1923 – 24 March 2014) was a New Zealand microbiologist. In 1954 she became the first woman to gain a Doctor of Philosophy degree from a New Zealand university. Her doctoral thesis at the University of Otago was entitled Yeasts of the human body, their nature and relationship. [1] She had previously graduated with a MSc(Hons) from the same institution in 1948. [2]
In 1990, di Menna was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal, [3] and in the 1997 New Year Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to microbiology. [4] In 2011, the reading room at Abbey College at the University of Otago was named in her honour. [5] She was a prominent member of Zonta International. [6]
She died in Hamilton in 2014. [7]