David Mauger
Sir David Mauger | |
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Born | David Charles Mauger |
Alma mater | University of Otago |
Occupation | Paediatric oncologist |
Known for | Performed first bone marrow transplant in New Zealand |
Sir David Charles MaugerKNZMis a New Zealandpaediatric oncologist.He was the first paediatric oncologist in New Zealand, and performed New Zealand's first paediatricbone marrow transplant.
Early life and family
[edit]Mauger's parents were Clarence Charles Mauger and Jessie Bannerman Mauger (née Mackenzie).[1][2]His father was a member of the 1914–1917Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition,serving as shipwright on theAurora,and later had a peak,Mauger Nunatak,in theRoss Dependencynamed in his honour.[3][4]
Mauger was educated at Arthur Street School inDunedin,[5]andOtago Boys' High School,where he played in the school's 1st XVrugby unionteam.[6]He later played for the Otago University rugby team while a student at theUniversity of Otago.[7]
As a youth, Mauger was a promising swimmer as a member of the Dunedin Amateur Swimming Club,[8]where he was coached by Bernard "Punch" Tremaine.[9]In 1949, he won the De Crewe Challenge Cup as the club's under-12 25-yards breaststroke champion.[8]In June 1951, he set a New Zealand under-14 boys' record for the 100-yards breastroke, with a time of 1:21.8, breaking the previous record by 0.6 seconds.[10]
Medical career
[edit]Mauger studied medicine at the University of Otago, graduatingBachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery,in 1963.[11]He later worked at Princess Mary Children's Hospital andStarship HospitalinAuckland.[12][13]He became the first paediatric oncologist in New Zealand, and performed New Zealand's first paediatricbone marrow transplant.[14]
Mauger was a founding member of the Child Cancer Foundation in 1978,[12]and in 1999 he was made a life member.[15]In the2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours,he was appointed aDistinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit,for services to paediatrics.[16]Following the reintroduction of titular honours by the New Zealand government in2009,he accepted redesignation as aKnight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.[17]
References
[edit]- ^"Marriage".Otago Daily Times.No. 18790. 17 February 1923. p. 8.Retrieved27 October2022.
- ^"Mauger, Jessie Bannerman – Dunedin – widow".Archives New Zealand.Retrieved27 October2022.
- ^Kiong, Errol (12 June 2003). "Shore links to Shackleton".North Shore Times.
- ^"Polar peaks named: Dunedin man honoured".The Press.Vol. 101, no. 29907. 22 August 1962. p. 9.Retrieved27 October2022.
- ^"Three records".Otago Daily Times.No. 27371. 22 April 1950. p. 8.Retrieved27 October2022.
- ^"Rugby: inter-school match".The Press.Vol. 96, no. 28342. 30 July 1957. p. 6.Retrieved27 October2022.
- ^"Canterbury beats Otago in universities' match".The Press.Vol. 99, no. 29250. 7 July 1960. p. 16.Retrieved27 October2022.
- ^ab"Dunedin Swimming Club".Otago Daily Times.No. 27078. 12 May 1949. p. 9.Retrieved27 October2022.
- ^McMurran, Alistair (30 May 2011)."Swimming: Six decades of coaching by the pool".Otago Daily Times.Retrieved27 October2022.
- ^"Swimming: boys' breaststroke record broken".The Press.Vol. 89, no. 27060. 8 June 1953. p. 12.Retrieved27 October2022.
- ^"Graduate search".University of Otago.Retrieved27 October2022.
- ^ab"Child Cancer Foundation".The Press.8 May 1978. p. 13.Retrieved27 October2022.
- ^"Publicity 'stopped' hospital taking legal action for boy".The New Zealand Herald.16 August 2000.Retrieved27 October2022.
- ^Samson, Alan (3 June 2002). "Bumper list for jubilee".The Dominion.p. 1.
- ^"Child Cancer Foundation life members"(PDF).Child Cancer Foundation Annual Review 2019/20.p. 18.Retrieved27 October2022.
- ^"Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee honours list 2002".Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 3 June 2002.Retrieved27 October2022.
- ^"Special honours list 1 August 2009".Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5 April 2011.Retrieved27 October2022.
- Living people
- New Zealand paediatricians
- New Zealand oncologists
- 20th-century New Zealand medical doctors
- 21st-century New Zealand medical doctors
- Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Health professionals from Dunedin
- People educated at Otago Boys' High School
- New Zealand male swimmers
- New Zealand rugby union players
- University of Otago alumni