Dame Linda Jane Holloway DNZM (née Brown, born 10 June 1940) is a Scottish-born[2] New Zealand anatomical pathologist academic, and was a full professor at the University of Otago.
[4][5] After emigrating, Holloway initially worked in provincial New Zealand, before moving to the University of Otago and Dunedin Hospital in 1975.
[5] She held numerous administrative and advisory roles, including medical advisor to the Cartwright Inquiry and being a long-serving member of the Abortion Supervisory Committee.
[12] In the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours, Holloway was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to medicine.
[15] Holloway's husband, John, was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to forestry and conservation, in the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours.