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Alumni Profiles

Andrew Winter
  • Andrew Winter, BSc, 1990

  • Since leaving UC Andrew has worked in international oil and gas exploration and production companies searching for oil and gas. Read more
Tim McLean
  • Tim McLean, BE (Hons), 1988

  • Tim worked in manufacturing operations and general manager roles for 15 years in Australia across chemicals, plastics, packaging and coatings industries.
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Glenn Turner
  • Glenn Turner, BE (Hons), 1982

  • Glenn's career started in the Agricultural chemicals industry then moved to Oil and Gas with Shell, apart from a brief time in industrial fibreglass.
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John Rayner
  • John Rayner, PhD in Geography, 1965

  • John Rayner started life at UC as a lecturer in Geography, after arriving from his native England in 1961.  
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Hana Schofield
  • Hana Schofield, LLB, 2002

  • In May 1992, twelve-year-old Hana fled the besieged city of Sarajevo.  In 2002 she graduated from UC with degrees in Law and Russian.
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Warren Poh
  • Warren Poh, BE (Hons), MEM, 2005

  • Warren works for Cosgroves, a Christchurch-based building services engineering consultancy, playing a leading role in the client liaison side of the business.
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Andrew Reid
  • Andrew Reid, MBA (Distinction), 2010

  • Andrew's curved path to the MBA course included working as a photojournalist in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war, and, more recently, running an aviation business.
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Anas Aremeyaw Anas
  • Helen Connon (1860-1903)

  • Helen Connon was the first woman student to be admitted to Canterbury College and graduated (BA) in 1880 - the second woman arts graduate in the British Empire.
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Anas Aremeyaw Anas
  • Ernest, Lord Rutherford

  • Nobel laureate, Lord Rutherford, known as ‘the father of the atom’ for his discovery of atomic structure, completed his degree at Canterbury College in 1894.
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Anas Aremeyaw Anas
  • Jack Erskine

  • Jack Erskine established a trust fund to be used to pay the fares and expenses of teaching staff to overseas countries.
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Ngata
  • Sir Apirana Ngata

  • Apirana Ngata was the first Maori to graduate from the University of New Zealand and later became a renowned leader, land reformer and politician.
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Anas Aremeyaw Anas
  • Dame Ngaio Marsh

  • Marsh attended Canterbury College School of Art and was acclaimed internationally as an artist, playwright, actor, novelist and director.
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