Jean Elizabeth Ballard

  General Notes:

New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa
1996 Edition
Ballard, Jean Elizabeth Retired educationist. Born Dunedin 1 July 1923. Educated Forbury School (?), Otago Girl's High School, Otago University - BA 1934, MA (Hons) 1935, Dunedin Teachers' College 1934. Foundation principal, Queen's High School, Dunedin, 1955-73. Formerly secondary school teacher(South Otago and Waitaki Girls' High (?). Senior lecturer in English, Dunedin Teachers' College. ? on ? committees including: Educatyion Sommittee of NZ, UNEsco, nz Council of Educational Research, National Advisory Council on Employment of Women. Past President of Otago Federation of University Women, Otago Institute for Educational Research, Otago Medical Health Assn., YWCA of Dunedin, Deputy convenor Otago Presbytarioan Support Services, Producer of several plays for Duinedin Teachers' College, Othello and The ? for Dunedin Reporatory Society. Awarded OBE 1974 for services in Education and YWCA. Vice-president World TWCA. Past sports activities include ?, University Blue for netball and netball ?. Address 18 Freyberg St, St Kilda, Dunedin.

  Birth Notes:

Otago Witness 9 July 1913
BALLARD - On July 1, at Nurse Brew's, Clyde street, to Mr and Mrs L. J. Ballard - a daughter.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Graduation: Master of Arts, 1935, Dunedin, , Otago, New Zealand.

• Occupation: teacher, 1937 to 1943, Balclutha, Otago, New Zealand. South Otago High School
Assistant mistress - Teacher of English, social studies, French, physical education, dance for concerts.
Senior mistress

• Occupation: teacher, 1944/1947, Oamaru, , Otago, New Zealand. Senior teacher of English - Head of Department.

• Occupation: lecturer, 1948/1954, Dunedin, , Otago, New Zealand. Dunedin Teachers College
Senior teacher in English. Warden of students
Set school certificate for 3 years.

• Occupation: School principal, 1955/1975, Dunedin, , Otago, New Zealand.

• Misc: Awarded the "Order of the British Empire" (OBE), 1974, , , , New Zealand.

• Membership: various organisations: Dunedin, , Otago, New Zealand. NZCER (NZ Council for Education Research) (President)
Otago Polytechnic Council
Federation of University Women (local president)
UNESCO Education Committee (NZ)
Nurses Education Committee
ZONTA (Otago)
NACEW (National Advisory Council in the Employment of Women)
YWCA (world, national & local). Public affairs and Co-operation for Development committees
Mental Health Otago (president)
Kensington Youth Club
SCMOU

• Misc: involvement in Drama societies: Dunedin, , Otago, New Zealand. Member of the Southern Theatre Trust Board
Produced plays for the Dunedin Repatory Society (Moliere, Shakespeare)

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