Leonard Aloysius Patrick Malaghan (18 February 1906 – 25 December 1967) was a New Zealand dairy factory manager, ice-cream manufacturer, businessman, and benefactor. He was born in Queenstown,

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on 18 February 1906. He headed the '' Tip Top Ice Cream Company'' (now part of the Fonterra Co-operative Group). In 1967, Malaghan developed

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, in which he died. Prior to his death, he and his wife, Ann, donated £200,000 of shares to the Wellington Medical Research Foundation. The gift was used to establish what is now the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research. Malaghan was inducted into the

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in 2007.

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1906 births 1967 deaths New Zealand philanthropists People from Queenstown, New Zealand 20th-century New Zealand businesspeople Fonterra people 20th-century philanthropists Place of death missing {{NewZealand-business-bio-stub