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Charmian O'Connor

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O'Connor served as a member of the Ministerial Advisory Group for science and technology, and on the national commission for UNESCO. Between 1979 and 1981, she was the national president of the New Zealand Federation of University Women, and later was chair of the board of trustees of the Kate Edger
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During her career at Auckland, O'Connor held many administrative roles at the university, including serving as the inaugural assistant vice-chancellor, equal employment opportunities and staff development, from 1987 to 1998, and deputy vice-chancellor in 1994.
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In 2018, during the celebrations to mark 125 years of women's suffrage in New Zealand, the science faculty at the University of Auckland was temporarily renamed the Dame Charmian O'Connor Faculty of Science in honour of O'Connor's contribution to science.
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O'Connor was appointed as a lecturer in chemistry at Auckland University College in 1958, rising to the rank of professor in 1986, and becoming Auckland's first female professor of chemistry. When she retired in 2004, O'Connor was conferred the title of
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Between 1961 and 1962, O'Connor was the secretary of the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, and was later a member of the Academy Council of the
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Educational Charitable Trust for nine years from 2005. She served on the councils of a number of educational institutions, including the
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O'Connor authored or co-authored more than 300 scientific papers in refereed journals. Her research focused on the
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in physical organic chemistry in 1963 at what by that time had become the University of Auckland.
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on 4 August 1937, the daughter of Cecil and Kathrene Bishop, O'Connor was educated at
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In 1963, she married Peter Selwyn O'Connor, and the couple had two children.
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New Zealand Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
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and a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry.
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compounds. In 1973, she was conferred the degree of
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Woodville
BSc
MSc(Hons)
PhD
DSc
University of Auckland
Physical organic chemistry
University of Auckland
DNZM
CBE
JP
physical organic chemist
University of Auckland
Woodville
Hastings High School
Auckland Girls' Grammar School
Auckland University College
Bachelor of Science
Master of Science
PhD
professor emeritus
mechanisms
kinetics
biologically active
Doctor of Science
Manukau Institute of Technology

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