Daria Nina Love  Daria Nina Love (née Hair, 4 September 1946 – 9 June 2001) was an Australian veterinary microbiologist and educator. She was the first woman to be awarded the University of Sydney Medal for Veterinary Science (January 1969) and the first woman in the Faculty of Veterinary Science to be awarded a PhD (1973), for her thesis entitled ‘Studies on virus host-cell relationships of a feline calicivirus’. She was also the first woman to become an associate professor in the Faculty of Veterinary Science, although her bids to become a full professor were unsuccessful. In 1988, she became the first woman in Australia to be awarded a Doctor of Veterinary Science on the basis of her work on the “Biological Properties of some Microorganisms of Veterinary Importance”. Love was renowned for the advances made through her research in the areas of soft tissue infections, oral cavity disease and feline and equine respiratory infections. She received a Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) award for her outstanding contributions to equine research and the Australian Horse Industry in 2001. Daria Nina Hair was born on 4 September 1946 to Nina and Jim Hair. Her early life was unsettled as the family moved around Queensland and New South Wales, but she graduated in 1963 as Dux of Gosford High School on the New South Wales Central Coast, and was accepted to study Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney. In her first year, she met Robert Love, who was to become her husband. She graduated in 1969 (23 January) with first class honours and the University Medal – the first woman in the Faculty of Veterinary Science to do so. Following graduation, Daria and Robert Love established a veterinary practice at Condobolin, New South Wales. In 1970, she commenced PhD work at the University of Sydney, studying host-cell relationships of Feline Calicivirus under Margaret Sabine, with whom she had a lifelong friendship and highly productive scientific collaboration.[history of the vet faculty, yet to go live] She was awarded her PhD in 1973 and then took up an appointment as a research scientist for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund at Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. Her two years of research there produced three publications. She then returned to the University of Sydney as lecturer in Veterinary Microbiology, with principal responsibilities in bacteriology and protozoology. She conducted bacteriological investigations of commonly occurring diseases in domestic animals. Among her achievements were:  At the same time, she maintained her interest in feline viruses.