Dame Jean Marjory Herbison (29 April 1923 – 20 May 2007) was a
New Zealand
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academic, educator, researcher and
Chancellor of the
University of Canterbury. She was the first woman to hold the post of chancellor at a New Zealand university.
Biography
Herbison was born in
Dunedin
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in 1923, and attended
Southland Girls' High School.
She earned a BA from the
University of Canterbury, a Diploma of Teaching from
Auckland Teachers College, and an MA from the
University of Northern Iowa
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. She was an Associate of the University of London Institute of Education. She has held a
Fulbright Scholarship and an Imperial Relations Trust Fellowship.
She taught at
Avonside Girls' High School from 1952 to 1959, and in 1960 became Dean of
Christchurch Teachers' College. From 1968 to 1974 she was Vice-Principal of the Teachers College and in 1975 became associate director of
Christchurch Polytechnic, a position she held until her retirement in 1984. She was elected to the Council of the University of Canterbury in 1970 and was
Chancellor of the university from 1979 to 1984.
Herbison was a Fellow of the
Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and the New Zealand Educational Administration and Leadership Society. She was an Honorary Fellow of the
New Zealand Educational Institute
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History
The NZEI was founded by a merger of district institutes of t ...
(NZEI) and the
New Zealand Institute of Management.
Herbison lived in retirement in
Christchurch
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before her death in 2007.
Honours and awards
In the
1976 Queen's Birthday Honours, Herbision was made a
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, for services to education, and in 1977 she was awarded the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal.
She was appointed a
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to education, in the
1985 Queen's Birthday Honours. In 1987 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of Canterbury.
Jean Herbison Lecture
Since 1990 the Jean Herbison Lecture at the
New Zealand Association for Research in Education
New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) was
established in December 1979 and its membership consists of individuals and organisations with an interest in educational research. The current president is Professor Colin Gibbs, Head ...
honours Herbison.
* 2017
Leonie Pihama
* 2016
Helen May
* 2015
Joce Jesson
* 2014
Graham Hingangaroa Smith
* 2013
Martin Thrupp
* 2012
Peter Roberts
* 2011
Wally Penetito
* 2010
Stuart McNaughton
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*Stuart Highway, connecting South Australia and the Northern Territory
Northe ...
* 2009
Cathy Wylie
* 2008
Joy Cullen
* 2007
Keith Ballard
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* 2006
Geraldine McDonald
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* 2005
Noeline Alcorn
* 2004
Alison Jones
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* 2003
Margaret Carr
* 2001
Graham Nuthall
* 2000
Margaret Maaka
* 1999
William Tunmer
* 1998
Linda Smith
* 1997
Marie Clay
Dame Marie Mildred Clay (; née Irwin; 3 January 1926 – 13 April 2007) was a researcher from New Zealand known for her work in educational literacy. She was committed to the idea that children who struggle to learn to read and write can be he ...
* 1996
Arapera Royal Tangaere
* 1995
Ivan Snook
* 1994
Warwick Elley
* 1993
Geraldine McDonald
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* 1992
Noeline Alcorn
* 1991
Anne Smith
* 1990
Anne Meade
References
External links
NZARE website/bio
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1923 births
2007 deaths
New Zealand Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
New Zealand Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Academic staff of Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology
University of Canterbury alumni
Schoolteachers from Dunedin
People educated at Southland Girls' High School
Chancellors of the University of Canterbury
University of Auckland alumni
University of Northern Iowa alumni
New Zealand expatriates in the United States