Leneen Forde

She was born Leneen Kavanagh in Canada and worked as a medical technician laboratory assistant. She studied the way for a Bachelor of Arts, before moving to Australia in 1954. In 1955, she married Francis Gerard Forde, the son of Australian politician Francis Michael Forde. She worked in the hematology department of the Royal Brisbane Hospital, before she began a full-time course in 1966 after the death of her husband. You made ​​1970 a Bachelor of Laws at the University of Queensland and worked from 1971 as a lawyer.

From 1990 to 1992 she was president of Zonta International. In 1991, she was Queenslander of the Year.

From 1992 to 1997 she was Governor of Queensland. In 1998, she was chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into child abuse in institutions of Queensland and submitted its report in the Mau 1999.

In 1993 she was appointed Companion of the Order of Australia. It is Gratialdame Order of Malta.

She is currently Chancellor of Griffith University.