Nan Kinross

Born on 30 October 1926, Kinross was the daughter of Stewart and Margaret Kinross.[1][2] In 1959, she graduated from Canterbury University College with a Bachelor of Arts degree.[3]

In the early 1960s, Kinross completed a Master of Science in nursing at the University of California, Berkeley, and she then worked as supervising matron at Southland Hospital.[4] From 1967 to 1973, Kinross was assistant director of the nursing division of the Department of Health.[5] She was also active on the New Zealand Nurses' Association executive and national committees.[5] With Norma Chick, Kinross introduced the first courses in nursing at Massey University in Palmerston North in 1974,[6] and she later earned a PhD from Massey.[1][7] In 1985, she was appointed the inaugural professor of nursing at Massey, becoming the second woman to receive a chair at that institution.[8] When she retired from Massey in 1991, Kinross was conferred with the title of professor emeritus.[1]

In the 1993 New Year Honours, Kinross was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to nursing and nursing education.[9]

Kinross died in Palmerston North on 17 May 2021, aged 94.[2]