Sir David Charles Mauger KNZM is a New Zealand paediatric oncologist. He was the first paediatric oncologist in New Zealand, and performed New Zealand's first paediatric bone marrow transplant.
Sir David Mauger | |
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.jpg) Mauger in 2021 | |
| Born | David Charles Mauger |
| Alma mater | University of Otago |
| Occupation | Paediatric oncologist |
| Known for | Performed first bone marrow transplant in New Zealand |
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 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, serving as shipwright on the Aurora, and later had a peak, Mauger Nunatak, in the Ross Dependency named in his honour.[3][4]
Mauger was educated at Arthur Street School in Dunedin,[5] and Otago Boys' High School, where he played in the school's 1st XV rugby union team.[6] He later played for the Otago University rugby team while a student at the University 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, graduating Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, in 1963.[11] He later worked at Princess Mary Children's Hospital and Starship Hospital in Auckland.[12][13] He became the first paediatric oncologist in New Zealand, and performed New Zealand's first paediatric bone 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 the 2002 Queen's Brithday and Golden Jubilee Honours, he was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to paediatrics.[16] Following the reintroduction of titular honours by the New Zealand government in 2009, he accepted redesignation as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.[17]
References edit
- ^ "Marriage". Otago Daily Times. No. 18790. 17 February 1923. p. 8. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Mauger, Jessie Bannerman – Dunedin – widow". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Three records". Otago Daily Times. No. 27371. 22 April 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Rugby: inter-school match". The Press. Vol. 96, no. 28342. 30 July 1957. p. 6. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Canterbury beats Otago in universities' match". The Press. Vol. 99, no. 29250. 7 July 1960. p. 16. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Dunedin Swimming Club". Otago Daily Times. No. 27078. 12 May 1949. p. 9. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ McMurran, Alistair (30 May 2011). "Swimming: Six decades of coaching by the pool". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Swimming: boys' breaststroke record broken". The Press. Vol. 89, no. 27060. 8 June 1953. p. 12. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Graduate search". University of Otago. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Child Cancer Foundation". The Press. 8 May 1978. p. 13. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Publicity 'stopped' hospital taking legal action for boy". The New Zealand Herald. 16 August 2000. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee honours list 2002". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 3 June 2002. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Special honours list 1 August 2009". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2022.