Margaret Garson

Olga Margaret Garson (4 October 1927 – 17 May 2020), better known as Margaret Garson, was an Australian physician and cytogenetics researcher.

Academic career Olga Margaret Garson was born on 4 October 1927 in Benalla, Victoria.

She graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1951 and undertook further training in haematology and pathology.

Garson was president of Haematology Society of Australia in 1988–89 and was later made a life member of the Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand. In 1981 she was the first woman to be invited to give the Carl de Gruchy Oration.

In the 1993 Queen's Birthday Honours Garson was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia for "service to medical research and education, particularly in the field of cytogenetics". In 2015 the University of Melbourne recognised her contribution with a Doctor of Medical Science (honoris causa).

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Personal Garson's husband, Dr John Sadler Barnett, predeceased her in August 2004. Garson died on 17 May 2020.