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8 November 1942-25 December 2022
Emeritus Professor John Lyndon McLeod Hawk was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 8 November 1942. He was brought up with his younger brother Richard in Hamilton, New Zealand by their parents Charles and Dorothy.
In his final year at Hamilton Boys' High School, John was awarded a national scholarship as the top languages scholar in New Zealand. This achievement was recognised with a large article and photograph in the NZ Herald. John was invited to return to Hamilton Boys' High School in later life, selected as one of their top alumni to be given an award and asked to give an inspirational talk to the schoolboys. From high school, John left to study physics at Auckland University, before attending medical school at Otago University in Dunedin. His early career took him to St...