Betty Bourke
Betty Bourke | |
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Born | Betty Lucas 23 July 1924 |
Died | 7 December 2015 , New Zealand | (aged 91)
Betty Bourke
In the 1977 New Year Honours, Bourke was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for public services.[2] She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to health administration and the community, in the 1988 Queen's Birthday Honours.[3] In 1977, she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal, and in 1990 she received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[4] Active in the Roman Catholic church, Bourke was appointed a Dame of the Order of St Gregory the Great in 1998.[1]
Her daughter, Margot Mains, served as the chief executive of MidCentral Health from 1992 to 1999 and Capital Coast Health from 1999 to 2007.[5][6][7] Bourke died in Whanganui on 7 December 2015.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Maslin, John (9 December 2015). "Pioneer played lead role in health changes". Wanganui Chronicle. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ "No. 47104". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1976. p. 43.
- ^ "No. 51367". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 11 June 1988. p. 34.
- ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- ^ Birnie, Lindsey (27 November 1999). "Mains has six farewells". Manawatu Evening Standard. p. 11.
- ^ Boland, Mary Jane (26 January 2000). "Hospital chief faces huge burden". The Evening Post. p. 5.
- The Dominion Post. p. 3.