Diana Craig

Diana Sophy Craig born Diana Sophy Mann (11 February 1912 – 7 February 1992) was an Australian orthoptist.

Life Craig was born in the Melbourne suburb of South Yarra in 1912. Her Australian-born parents were Adeline Mary (born Raleigh) and Frederick Mann. She went to school at Clyde School for Girls but this did not provide sufficient knowledge for her to begin a career in science. She enrolled at what was later called the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and that allowed her to go on to the University of Melbourne where she studied a wide variety of sciences and graduated in 1932.

She became the scientific secretary to J. Ringland Anderson which gave her a good understanding of ophthalmology. Craig later worked with Sheila Mayou. During the 1970s she was in private practice. She assisted the RAAF in checking the eyesight of their patients and she re-enrolled at the University of Melbourne. She studied and graduated in psychology. and served from 1973 to 1982. She retired that year and the OAA who had created the Mary Wesson award made her the first recipient.