Len Malaghan
Leonard Aloysius Patrick Malaghan was a New Zealand dairy factory manager, ice-cream manufacturer, businessman, and benefactor. He was born in Queenstown, Central Otago, New Zealand on 18 February 1906. He headed the Tip Top Ice Cream Company.
In 1967, Malaghan developed Hodgkin's disease, 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 New Zealand Business Hall of Fame in 2007.