Dawn Ibbotson, of Dunedin, was at Studholme Hall on
Saturday for the University of Otago School of Home Science
centenary. Photos by Gerard O'Brien.
A new $90,000 research scholarship fund was announced at
the University of Otago consumer and applied sciences centenary
in Dunedin on Saturday.
The oldest alumna at the centenary, Dawn Ibbotson (96), who
studied between 1933 and 1936, gave $20,000 to the fund.
"It will be a research seeding fund for our alumni and open
to postgraduate students studying in the home science
disciplines," consumer and applied sciences programme
director Dr Cheryl Wilson said yesterday.
Home Science reunion attendees (left to right) Jillian Luke
(nee Smith), of Havelock North, Heather Currie (nee
Jefferis), of Melbourne, and Jillian Borrie (nee Ingram),
of Tauranga, reminisce about their Studholme Hall days,
during an afternoon tea on Saturday marking the tie with
the hostel, where most home science students lived.
More than 400 women attended the reunion over the
weekend.
Recalling her time at the university, Mrs Ibbotson (nee
Smith) said the "comprehensive" qualification she obtained
provided a sound base for her life of voluntary civic works,
chiefly at Dunedin's educational institutions.
She was also a life member of the National Council of Women.
Mrs Ibbotson briefly taught at the home science school, and
recalled with bemusement an anonymous letter she received
which criticised her for taking a job that could be a single
woman's.
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