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Dame Peggy Gwendoline Koopman-Boyden DNZM (née Boyden; born 16 August 1943) is a New Zealand gerontologist. A professor of social gerontology at the University of Waikato, she was accorded the title of professor emeritus when she retired in 2016. Born in Dannevirke on 16 August 1943, she received her primary school education at Ormondville before moving to , and then attended Dannevirke High School, where she was prefect. In 1968, she married John Koopman, and the couple went on to have two children.

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