Person

Day, Maxwell Frank Cooper (1915 - 2017)

AO FAA

Born
21 December 1915
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
31 July 2017
Occupation
Entomologist

Summary

Max Day was Assistant Chief, Division of Entomology, CSIRO 1963-1966 before being appointed to the CSIRO Advisory Council 1966-1975, and then Chief of the Division of Forest Research, CSIRO 1975-1980.

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Chronology

1937
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1938
Career position - Assistant Research Officer in the Division of Economic Entomology at CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)
1938 - 1939
Career position - Biological Assistant to Professor L.R. Cleveland at Harvard University, USA
1939 - 1941
Career position - Lehman Fellow at Harvard University
1941
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Harvard University
1941 - 1942
Career position - Lecturer in Cytology and Parasitology at Washington University in St. Louis, USA
1942 - 1944
Career position - Procurement Officer with the Australian War Supplies Procurement in Washington, USA
1944 - 1947
Career position - Scientific Liaison Officer with CSIR's Australian Scientific Research Liaison Office in Washington
1947 - 1963
Career position - Research Officer to Chief Research Officer in the Division of Entomology CSIR/CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1955 - 1957
Career position - Seconded to Scientific Liaison Officer with CSIRO's Australian Scientific Liaison Office in Washington
1956 -
Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1963 - 1966
Career position - Assistant Chief of the CSIRO Division of Entomology
1966 - 1969
Career position - Chairman, Editorial Board, Records of the Australian Academy of Science
1966 - 1976
Career position - Member of the Executive of CSIRO
1976 - 1980
Career position - Chief of the CSIRO Division of Forest Research
1977
Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Maxwell Frank Cooper Day - Records, 1972 - c. 2000, MS 140; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Journal Articles

  • 'Obituaries: Dr Maxwell Day AO FAA 1915 20 2017; Professor George (Ken) Cavill FAA 1922 to 2017', Australian Academy of Science Newsletter (2017), 14, https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-releases/fellows-update-september-2017. Details
  • Day, M.F.C. et al., 'The Biological Collections in CSIRO: a National Heritage', Historical Records of Australian Science, 15 (1) (2004), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR04002. Details
  • Day, M.F.C.; Rentz, D.C.F., 'Kenneth Hedley Lewis Key, 1911-2002', Historical Records of Australian Science, 15 (1) (2004), 65-76. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR04001. Details
  • Day, Maxwell F. C.; Whitten, Maxwell J.; and Sands, Don P. A., 'Douglas Frew Waterhouse, C.M.G. 3 June 1916 - 1 December 2000', Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of The Royal Society, 48 (2002), 459-81. Details
  • Day, Maxwell F.C.; Whitten, Maxwell J.; Sands, Don, 'Douglas Frew Waterhouse 1916-2000', Historical Records of Australian Science, 13 (4) (2001), 495-519. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR0011340495. Details
  • Horak, M., Day, M. F., Barlow, C., Edwards, E. D., Su, Y. N. and Cameron, S. L., 'Systematics and biology of the iconic Australian scribbly gum moths Ogmograptis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae) and their unique insect-plant interaction', Invertebrate systematics, 26 (4) (2012), 357-98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS12022. Details
  • Robin, Libby; and Day, Jon C., 'Maxwell Frank Cooper Day 1915 - 2017', Historical Records of Australian Science, 31 (1) (2020), 39-53. https://doi.org/10.1071.HR19007. Details
  • Robin, Libby; with Day, Max, 'Changing ideas about the environment in Australia: learning from Stockholm', Historical Records of Australian Science, 28 (1) (2017), 37-49, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR17004. Details

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McCarthy, G.J.

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