Helen Rarity McCREANOR MB ChB (NZ), MD (Otago), FRACP
Born Greymouth 6/12/1923 Died Wellington 23/2/1979 Educated at Wanganui Girls' College MB ChB (NZ) 1947 with distinction in Medicine and in Surgery, MD (Otago) 1972, MRACP 1973, FRACP 1977 Awarded the Travelling Scholarship in Medicine 1947, but did not use HS / HP, Wellington Hospital 1948 - 1949 Married Jack McCreanor in 1949, raised 4 children, and did not return to medicine until 1966 Established the new Cytogenetics Unit, Pathology Department Wellington Hospital Awarded the MD for "Studies in the Human Karyotype" Three months study leave in 1974, to North America and Europe Click the image to view detail in a larger version.
Obituary: NZMJ 1979 89:402	photograph courtesy Jack McCreanor

Helen Rarity McCREANOR
MB ChB (NZ), MD (Otago), FRACP

Born Greymouth 6/12/1923 Died Wellington 23/2/1979

Educated at Wanganui Girls' College

MB ChB (NZ) 1947 with distinction in Medicine and in Surgery, MD (Otago) 1972, MRACP 1973, FRACP 1977

Awarded the Travelling Scholarship in Medicine 1947, but did not use

HS / HP, Wellington Hospital 1948 - 1949

Married Jack McCreanor in 1949, raised 4 children, and did not return to medicine until 1966

Established the new Cytogenetics Unit, Pathology Department Wellington Hospital
Awarded the MD for "Studies in the Human Karyotype"
Three months study leave in 1974, to North America and Europe

Click the image to view detail in a larger version.

Obituary: NZMJ 1979 89:402

photograph courtesy
Jack McCreanor