Day, Ross Henry (1927 - 2018)

Summary

Ross Henry Day was Adjunct Professor of Psychology at both La Trobe and Deakin Universities. Prior to this he spent twenty-eight years at Monash University where he reached the rank of Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology. His research interests were in the study of human perception and sensory processes, the development of perception in infancy, the involvement of visual perception in technological settings and perceptual deficits associated with intellectual disabilities. Day was a member of many national and international scientific bodies and lectured and published widely overseas.

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Chronology

1944 - 1949

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Western Australia

1948 - 1950

Career position - Graduate Assistant (Associate Lecturer) in Psychology, University of Western Australia

1950 - 1951

Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Psychology, University of Bristol

1951 - 1955

Career position - Research Fellow in Psychology, University of Bristol

1952 - 1954

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Bristol in the UK

1955 - 1961

Career position - Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer (1959) in Psychology, University of Sydney

1962 - 1964

Career position - Reader in Psychology, University of Sydney

1964 - 1965

Career position - Chair of the Constitutions Committee of the Australian Psychological Society

1964 - 2018

Award - Foundation Fellow, Australian Psychological Society (FAPsS)

1965 - 1975

Career position - Councillor of the Australian Psychological Society

1965 - 1992

Career position - Professor and Foundation Chair of the Department of Psychology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria

1966 - 1967

Career position - President, Australian Psychological Society

1966 - 1968

Career position - Chair of the Human Factors Committee of the Australian Aeronautical Research Committee

1967 - 2018

Award - Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA)

1969 - 1973

Career position - Chair of the Human Research Factors Committee of the Australian Road Research Board

1971 - 1972

Career position - Visiting Professor, University of Exeter in the United Kingdom

1974 - 1980

Career position - Editor, Records of the Australian Academy of Science

1981 - 1983

Career position - Associate Dean of the Faculty of Science, Monash University

1981 - 1987

Career position - President, Council of the Lincoln Institute

1988

Education - Doctor of the University, honoris causa, La Trobe University

1990 - 2018

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1992 - 2018

Career position - Adjunct Professor in Psychology at La Trobe University (Bundoora) and Deakin University (Geelong) in Victoria

1 Jan 2001

Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society and science in psychology

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• Anon, 'Professor Ross Day FAA 20 March 1927 to 22 October 2018', Newsletter, Australian Academy of Science, 121 (2018), 12-3. https://www.science.org.au/files/userfiles/events/newsletters/122/academy-newsletter-122-nov2018.pdf. Details
• Coltheart, Max; and Wade, Nicholas J., 'Ross Henry Day 1927 - 2018', Historical Records of Australian Science, 33 (2) (2022), 172-9. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR22002. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q60429670. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/55443363. Details
• 'Professor Ross Day FASSA', Academy Fellows, 2025, https://socialsciences.org.au/academy-fellow/?sId=0032v000033l9Y1AAI. Details
• 'Day, R H (1927-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-630933. Details

Resource Sections

• Coltheart, Max, 'Interview with Professor Ross Day (1927 - 2018), psychologist', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2011, https://www.science.org.au/learning/general-audience/history/interviews-australian-scientists/professor-ross-day-psychology. Details