Yoshino or Tokyo cherry
Tree species
Prunus x yedoensis
Dedicated
7 March 2008
Location
Archway Lecture Theatres
Overview
Sophie Elliott (1985–2008) grew up in Dunedin and attended St Hilda's Collegiate School.
She was an exceptional university student, completing the requirements to graduate with a first-class honours degree in Economics at the end of 2007.
She was to have commenced working for the New Zealand Treasury in early-2008, but was tragically murdered in her own home.
The Sophie Kate Elliott Memorial prize is awarded annually for high achievement in fourth-year Economics.
Sophie graduated posthumously at the University of Otago graduation ceremony in the Dunedin Town Hall on 10 May 2008.
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