Peggy Koopman-Boyden

Dame Peggy Koopman-Boyden
DNZM
Koopman-Boyden in 2017
Born
Peggy Gwendoline Boyden

(1943-08-16) 16 August 1943 (age 81)
Dannevirke, New Zealand
Alma materMassey University
Spouse
John Koopman
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(m. 1968)​
Scientific career
FieldsGerontology
InstitutionsUniversity of Waikato
WebsiteUniversity of Waikato profile

Dame Peggy Gwendoline Koopman-Boyden DNZM (née Boyden; born 16 August 1943) is a New Zealand gerontologist. A professor of social gerontology at the University of Waikato,[1] she was accorded the title of professor emeritus when she retired in 2016.[2]

Born in Dannevirke on 16 August 1943,[3] she received her primary school education at Ormondville before moving to Maharahara West, and then attended Dannevirke High School, where she was prefect.[4] She completed a master's degree in education at Massey University in 1971.[5] In 1968, she married John Koopman, and the couple went on to have two children.[3]

In 1990, Koopman-Boyden was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[6] In the 1997 New Year Honours, she was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the elderly,[7] and she was promoted to Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to seniors, in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Professor Peggy Koopman-Boyden". University of Waikato. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Emeritus professors of the University of Waikato". University of Waikato. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 219. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  4. ^ McKay, Christine (9 June 2017). "Former Dannevirke woman made a Dame in Queen's Birthday honours". Hawkes Bay Today – via www.nzherald.co.nz.
  5. ^ Koopman, Peggy G. (1971). Role consensus and job satisfaction in the educational organization (Master of Arts in Education thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/13457.
  6. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours 2017 – citations for Dame Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  7. ^ "New Year honours list 1997". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 1996. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2017". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2019.


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