• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE26062712

Lenihan, Eileen Gertrude

  • OBE
(1904 – 1990)
  • Born 28 October 1904, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  • Died 2 September 1990, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Occupation Secretary

Summary

Eileen Lenihan was private secretary to a succession of politicians and others including Treasurer RG Casey (1935-36), Prime Minister Joseph Lyons (1936-39), Prime Minister Robert Menzies (1939-51), Attorney-General and later Chief Justice John Spicer (1951-58), Chairman of the Australian Universities Commission Sir Leslie Martin (1959-65) and Australian High Commissioner to Malta Sir Hubert Opperman (1967-69). She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1951 and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1964.

Archival resources

  • National Archives of Australia, National Office, Canberra
    • Photograph albums maintained by Eileen Lenihan

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