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.
Details
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)
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details
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
Reports
- Day, John C. Ed., All in a day's work: memoirs, stories, articles and images of Dr Max Day AO FAA, complied to celebrate Max's 100th birthday, 21 December 2015 (Townsville, Qld: John Day, 2015), 98 pp, http://ceh.environmentalhistory-au-nz.org/wp-content/uploads/Compilation-for-100th-birthday_Max-Day_18Dec2015.pdf. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21509973. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/272324116. Details
- One of Australia's oldest scientists remembered, Australian Academy of Science, 3 August 2017, https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-releases/one-australias-oldest-scientists-remembered. Details
- 'Day, M F (1915-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-636918. Details
Resource Sections
- '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', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 1993, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/d/day.html. Details
- Ward, C., 'Maxwell Frank Cooper Day', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Day-Maxwell-Frank-Cooper. Details
See also
- Heyde, C. C., 'Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 1917-1988', Historical Records of Australian Science, 9 (1) (1992), 17-30. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9920910017. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 15 June 2022
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