Joan Hastings
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| Birth name | Joan Margaret Hastings | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 February 1925 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 April 2004 (aged 79) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
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Joan Margaret Monahan (née Hastings, 27 February 1925 – 6 April 2004) was a New Zealand
swimmer
, botanist and school teacher.
Born in 1925, Hastings was educated at Auckland Girls' Grammar School[1] and Auckland University College, from where she graduated Master of Science with first-class honours in 1950.[2] Her thesis was titled A fungal disease of Meryta sinclairii.[3]
At the
She worked as a botanist at the
Forest Research Institute, and later returned to teach at Auckland Girls' Grammar School. She retired as head of science there in 1979.[1]
In her later years, Hastings was active in Masters swimming, and broke several world Masters records, including the 1500 m world record for the 60–64 years category in 1987, and numerous New Zealand Masters records.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Founding Day awards 1998". Auckland Girls Grammar School. Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Ha–He". Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "Library search". University of Auckland. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "Joan Hastings". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "The swimmer who did not hang up her togs" (PDF). Swim Info NZ. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
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