Biographical entry Day, Maxwell Frank Cooper (1915 - )

Summary

Maxwell Frank C. Day was Assistant Chief, Division of Entomology, CSIRO 1963-66 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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Events

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 - 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)

Related entries

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Maxwell Frank Cooper Day - Records, 1972 - 1986, MS 140; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Day, M.F.C. et al., 'The Biological Collections in CSIRO: a National Heritage', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 15, no. 1, 2004, pp. 1-19. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR04002.htm. Details
• Day, M.F.C.; Rentz, D.C.F., 'Kenneth Hedley Lewis Key, 1911-2002', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 15, no. 1, 2004, pp. 65-76. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR04001.htm. Details
• Day, Maxwell F.C.; Whitten, Maxwell J.; Sands, Don, 'Douglas Frew Waterhouse 1916-2000', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 13, no. 4, 2001, pp. 495-519. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR0011340495.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Day, Maxwell Frank Cooper - Ms 140', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms140.html. Details
• Blythe, Max, Interview with Dr Max Day, Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 1993, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/d/day.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Day, M F', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-636918. Details

See also

• Heyde, C. C., 'Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 1917-1988', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 1, 1992, pp. 17-30. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9920910017.htm. Details