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Marsden Old Girls are making their their mark on the world!
In all areas of Arts, Community, Culture, Sport, Science, Business and the Environment they contribute to and enhance our lives. In the past three years our laureates have been business women. From 2010 we want to celebrate those who have achieved prominence not only in business but in all other areas of endeavour.

Do you know an Old Girl who could be considered for the Marsden Hall of Fame? If so, please check the criteria and email either our

Marsden Hall of Fame

Marsden is delighted to announce our 2012 Hall of Fame laureates:

  • Mary MacLeod for her contribution to international banking
  • Sue Kedgley for her contribution to public service, the environment, community issues and women's affairs
  • Professor Noeline Alcorn for her contribution to education
  • Beverley Shore Bennett for her contribution to the creative arts
  • Full 2012 Hall of Fame citations

The Marsden Business Hall of Fame joint venture with Enterprise New Zealand Trust finished in 2009. So successful was the process of celebrating and acknowledging Marsden's high achieving Old Girls, that we have decided to extend the Hall of Fame to include consideration of those Old Girls who have achieved prominence in a wide range of fields, including business, science, arts, sports, community, etc. It is planned that up to three new laureates are inducted into the Marsden Hall of Fame each year.

Criteria for Marsden Hall of Fame Nomination

Previous Laureates

2011
Elsie Gibbons (Medicine) Posthumously for her contribution to New Zealand medicine
Miranda Harcourt (Arts) Award winning actress and director
Diana Lennon (Medicine) Professor of Child and Youth Population Health and Paediatrician in Infectious Diseases at Starship hospital
Margaret Neave (Medicine) Posthumously for her contribution to public health in New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and South East Asia

2010
Sarah Billinghurst (Arts)  Arts Administrator,  Metropolitan Opera Company, New York
Jean Fleming (Science) Professor of Science Communication at Otago University
Fiame Mata'afa (Public service) Community and public service in Western Samoa
Katherine Mansfield (Literature) Posthumously for her contribution to New Zealand Literature.

2009
Claudia Batten,corporate attorney, co-founder and Vice President of software company Massive Inc
Valerie Cranfield (nee Handley), businesswoman and owner of Cranfields

2008
Juliet McKee (nee Broad), Independent Director and economist
Catherine Savage, Director and Investment Manager.

2007
Jenny Morel, founder and Managing Director of No 8 Ventures Management Ltd
Bronwen Holdsworth (nee Pearson), Managing Director of Pultron Composites Ltd

Full details on previous laureates