Margaret di Menna
| Dr Margaret di Menna ONZM |
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| Born | Margaret Elaine di Menna 8 July 1923 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England |
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| Occupation | Microbiologist |
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 the 1997 New Year Honours, di Menna was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to microbiology.[3] In 2011, the reading room at Abbey College at the University of Otago was named in her honour.[4]
She died in Hamilton in 2014.[5]
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