Peggy Koopman-Boyden

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]

Dame Peggy Koopman-Boyden

DNZM
Koopman-Boyden in 2017
Born
Peggy Gwendoline Boyden

(1943-08-16) 16 August 1943
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

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. 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.
  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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