Margaret di Menna
Margaret di Menna ONZM | |
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| Born | Margaret Elaine di Menna 8 July 1923 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 24 March 2014 (aged 90) Hamilton, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Otago |
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| Fields | Microbiology |
| Thesis | Yeasts of the human body, their nature and relationship (1954) |
Margaret Elaine di Menna
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]
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- ^ Page, Dot (2012). "First of the few: an unsuitable degree for a woman?" (PDF). New Zealand Federation of University Women Canterbury Branch Newsletter (April): 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ "NZ university graduates 1870–1961". Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- ^ "New Year honours list 1997". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 1996. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ "Awards and achievements". www.agresearch.co.nz. AgResearch. April 2011. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ "A Brief History of Prominent Zonta Member: Margaret Di Menna, Club of Hamilton-Waikato". Zonta International New Zealand. 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ "Dr Margaret di Menna obituary". The New Zealand Herald. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
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