Dame Patricia Mackinnon DBE (24 July 1911 – 17 May 2009) was Vice-President and President of the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia and a national councillor for the Australian Hospitals Association.
Christened Una Patricia Bell, she was born in Brisbane, Queensland, the daughter of Ernest Thomas and Pauline Eva (née Taylor) Bell. She was educated at St. Margaret's Church of England School, Brisbane. She married Alistair Mackinnon on...
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Dame Patricia Mackinnon DBE (24 July 1911 – 17 May 2009) was Vice-President and President of the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia and a national councillor for the Australian Hospitals Association.
Christened Una Patricia Bell, she was born in Brisbane, Queensland, the daughter of Ernest Thomas and Pauline Eva (née Taylor) Bell. She was educated at St. Margaret's Church of England School, Brisbane. She married Alistair Mackinnon on 17 December 1936; they had two children.
In 1948 Patricia Mackinnon became a member of the committee of management for the Royal Children's Hospital (RCH), Melbourne. She served in several offices before being elected vice-president from 1957-1965 and president 1965-1979, succeeding Dame Elisabeth Murdoch.
In 1968 she began as chairman of the RCH Research Foundation, a position she held until 1986, and from 1951-1965, served as president of the Auxiliaries. She was also a federal and state councillor of the Australian Hospitals Association...
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