Margaret Fordyce Dalrymple Hay

Margaret Fordyce Dalrymple Hay (1889–1975) was an Australian librarian and administrator central to the operations of the University of Sydney Law School. She inspired the school's annual Margaret Dalrymple Hay Prize for Law, Lawyers and Justice.

Early life Born Christmas Eve 1889, Hay was the eldest of six children born to Richard Dalrymple Hay, surveyor, and his wife Bessie, née Cheesbrough, then living in Rushcutters Bay, Sydney. and during World War II was secretary for the Law School Comforts Fund, sending monthly parcels of books to law students serving in the forces. She also compiled the Legal Digest, a quarterly newsletter intertwining gossip about members of the profession with information on legislative changes.

Recognition Her work was officially acknowledged in 1946 by a group of ex-service law graduates and undergraduates, with part of their gift of 100 pounds forming the foundation of the annual Margaret Dalrymple Hay Prize for Law, Lawyers and Justice.