Linda Holloway Explained

Dame Linda Holloway
Birth Name:Linda Jane Brown
Birth Date:10 June 1940
Birth Place:Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
Citizenship:New Zealand
Workplaces:University of Otago
Alma Mater:University of Aberdeen
Thesis1 Title:Histological and ultrastructural observations of capillary endothelial response to disseminated intravascular coagulation
Thesis1 Url:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.459483
Thesis1 Year:1979
Known For:Cartwright Inquiry, Abortion Supervisory Committee
Spouse:John Stevenson Holloway (d. 1999)
Children:3
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Child:yes
Relatives:Jack Holloway (father-in-law)
John Holloway (son)

Dame Linda Jane Holloway (née Brown, born 10 June 1940) is a Scottish-born[1] New Zealand anatomical pathologist academic, and was a full professor at the University of Otago.[2]

Early life

Holloway was born in Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland, on 10 June 1940.[3] She was raised in that country, and met her husband, New Zealand forester John Stevenson Holloway, the son of John Thorpe Holloway, while he was a student at the University of Aberdeen.[4] She moved to New Zealand in 1970, becoming a naturalised New Zealander in 1978.[3]

Academic career

After emigrating, Holloway initially worked in provincial New Zealand, before moving to the University of Otago and Dunedin Hospital in 1975.[5] She held numerous administrative and advisory roles, including medical advisor to the Cartwright Inquiry and being a long-serving member of the Abortion Supervisory Committee.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] Holloway became a full professor at Otago in 1994, and following her retirement in 2006 was conferred the title of professor emeritus.[12]

In the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours, Holloway was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to medicine.[13] She was elevated to Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2005 Queen’s Birthday Honours,[14] and she accepted redesignation as a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit following the restoration of titular honours by the New Zealand government in 2009.[15]

Personal life

Holloway's husband, John, was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to forestry and conservation, in the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours.[16] He died in Dunedin on 1 January 1999.[4] She is the mother of John Holloway.[17]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: All but two from Otago opt for titles. Allison. Rudd. 1 August 2009. Otago Daily Times Online News.
  2. Web site: Health Science staff profile, Department of Pathology, University of Otago. https://web.archive.org/web/20180210010815/https://www.otago.ac.nz/dsm-pathology/people/profile/index.html?id=1538. 10 February 2018. 10 February 2018.
  3. Web site: New Zealand, naturalisations 1843–1981 . 2010 . Ancestry.com Operations . 15 July 2019 . subscription.
  4. John Stevenson Holloway . NZ Journal of Forestry . February 1999 . 43 . 4 . 39 . John . Purey-Cust . 15 July 2019.
  5. Web site: Holloway, Linda J . CCDHB . 8 April 2019.
  6. Web site: Notice of Motion – membership of the ASC. The Beehive.
  7. Web site: Abortion Supervisory Committee appointments. The Beehive.
  8. Web site: Appointments to the Abortion Supervisory Committee. The Beehive.
  9. Web site: Abortion debate as tricky as ever. Newstalk ZB. Staff. ZB.
  10. Web site: Abortion law 'offensive' says chair of committee charged with governing it. Stuff.
  11. Web site: Abortion numbers rise for first time in 12 years. TVNZ.
  12. Book: University of Otago Calendar . https://www.otago.ac.nz/study/otago701047.pdf . University of Otago . 9 May 2019 . 2019 . Emeritus professors . 116.
  13. Web site: Queen's Birthday honours list 1997 . 2 June 1997 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 15 July 2019.
  14. Web site: Queen's Birthday honours list 2005 . 6 June 2005 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 15 July 2019.
  15. Web site: Special honours list 1 August 2009 . 1 August 2009 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 15 July 2019.
  16. Web site: Queen's Birthday honours list 1998 . 1 June 1998 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 15 July 2019.
  17. Web site: Biodiversity now! . 2024-01-07.

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