Diane Lemaire

Diane Adrienne Lemaire (2 February 1923 – 27 October 2012) was an Australian aeronautical engineer. She was the first woman to graduate from the University of Melbourne with a degree in engineering.

Early life and education Diane Adrienne Lemaire born in 1923, the daughter of Katie (née Bradridge Phillips) (1893-1956) and Lionel Henry Lemaire. She had two brothers, Peter and James. Lemaire attended St Catherine's School in Toorak, Melbourne, Australia, graduating in 1939.

She attended the University of Melbourne and was a resident at Janet Clarke Hall. In 1944, she was the first woman to graduate with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Melbourne. She later attended Cornell University and graduated with a Master of Science. Her thesis title was On the Question of the Existence of a Homogeneous Solution to the Equation for the Flow over the Shrough of a Ducted Propeller.

Honours and legacy Lemaire was awarded the Amelia Earhart Fellowship from Zonta International in 1962.