Day, Maxwell Frank Cooper

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English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000357b.htm person Day Maxwell Frank Cooper AO FAA AACR2 21 December 1915 31 July 2017 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Entomologist Science administrator Scientific liaison officer Conservationist Max Day was considered one of Australia's scientific leaders. His research was in the fields of entomology, virology, forestry and ecology. He was a pioneer in cross-disciplinary studies with a strong emphasis on nationally significant problems and their international context, and an important advocate of evidence-based policy-making. For several years during WWII he was Scientific Liaison Officer in the CSIR Australian Scientific Research Liaison Office, Washington D.C. On returning to Australia in 1947 Day joined the CSIRO Division of Entomology, his research involving how moths digested woollen keratin, mosquitoes and the transmission of viruses, and Myxomatosis. He ultimately became Assistant Chief of the Division and Chief of the Division of Forest Research. Between 1966 and 1976 he was a member of the CSIRO Executive, a period during which there were eight Ministers of Science. This appointment required a delicate balancing act between disciplines, interest groups, divisional chiefs and the public interest. Day's concern with environmental issues included involvement in a wide range activities, some of these being the establishment of the Australian Institute of Marine Science, co-founding of the Australian Conservation Foundation, the publication of the Records of the Australian Academy of Science, and the creation (with Jack Crawford and Frank Fenner) of the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies (CRES) at the Australian National University. In retirement Day took on advisory roles and consultancies, including for the World Bank, the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources and the Commission on the Application of Science to Agriculture, Forestry and Aquaculture (CASAFA). 1937 1937 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1938 1938 Career position - Assistant Research Officer, CSIR Division of Economic Entomology 1938 1939 Award - Training with Professor Lemuel Roscoe Cleveland, and part-time entomology course work, at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Science and Industry Endowment Fund 1939 1941 Career position - Lehman Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 1941 1941 Education - PhD, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 1941 1942 Career position - Lecturer in Cytology and Parasitology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. 1942 1944 Career position - Procurement Officer with the Australian War Supplies Procurement in Washington, USA 1944 1947 Career position - Scientific Liaison Officer, CSIR Australian Scientific Research Liaison Office, Washington D.C., U.S.A. 1947 1963 Career position - Research Officer, CSIR/O Division of Economic Entomology 1955 1957 Career position - Seconded to CSIRO Australian Scientific Liaison Office, Washington D.C., U.S.A 1956 2017 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1958 1958 Career position - Chairman, National Parks and Reserves Committee, Australian Academy of Science 1963 1966 Career position - Assistant Chief, CSIRO Division of Entomology 1966 1966 Career position - Foundation Member, Australian Conservation Foundation 1966 1969 Career position - Chairman, Editorial Board, Records of the Australian Academy of Science 1966 1976 Career position - Member of the Executive of CSIRO 1967 1973 Career position - Member of Council, ACT Branch, Australian Conservation Foundation 1970 1972 Career position - Chair, Interim Council of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) 1972 1978 Career position - Member of Council, Australian Institute of Marine Science 1975 1975 Career position - Member of the Board, International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) 1976 Career position - Member, Advisory Committee, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University 1976 1980 Career position - Chief, CSIRO Division of Forest Research 1977 1977 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) 1979 1979 Career position - Member, Advisory Committee, Koscuisko National Park 1985 2017 Career position - Honorary Research Fellow, CSIRO Division of Entomology 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society and science Woodhill, Anthony Reeve (1900 - 1965) Records of the Australian Academy of Science (1966 - 1980)

Chairman, Editorial Board 1966 - 1999

Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1956 - 2017

CSIRO Division of Entomology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1950 - )

Assistant Chief 1963 - 1966

CSIRO Division of Forest Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1975 - 1987)

Chief of Division 1975 - 1980

Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) (1972 - )

Chair of Interim Council 1970 - 1972; Member of Council 1972 - 1978

Science and Industry Endowment Fund - CSIR/O, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1926 - )

Training with Professor Lemuel Roscoe Cleveland, and part-time entomology course work, at Harvard University, U.S.A. 1938 - 1939

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Commonwealth of Australia (1949 - )

Member of the Executive 1966 - 1976

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Commonwealth of Australia (1926 - 1949)

Scientific Liaison Officer, Australian Scientific Research Liaison Office, Washington D.C., U.S.A. 1944 - 1947

Advisory Council - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1950 - 1986)

Member 1966-1975

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VIAF - Virtual International Authority File

Day, M F (1915-)

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'Day, Maxwell Frank Cooper', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Day, Maxwell Frank Cooper Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Day, Maxwell Frank Cooper - Ms 140 Day, Maxwell Frank Cooper - Ms 140 Australian Academy of Science 1994 Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings Resource: One of Australia's oldest scientists remembered One of Australia's oldest scientists remembered Australian Academy of Science 2017 Journal Article: Obituaries: Dr Maxwell Day AO FAA 1915 20 2017; Professor George (Ken) Cavill FAA 1922 to 2017 Obituaries: Dr Maxwell Day AO FAA 1915 20 2017; Professor George (Ken) Cavill FAA 1922 to 2017 2017 Newsletter, Australian Academy of Science 109 14 Resource: The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Australian Academy of Science The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2019 Journal Article: Changing ideas about the environment in Australia: learning from Stockholm Robin, Libby; with Day, Max Changing ideas about the environment in Australia: learning from Stockholm 2017 Historical Records of Australian Science 28 1 37-49 Journal Article: Kenneth Hedley Lewis Key, 1911-2002 Day, M.F.C.; Rentz, D.C.F. Kenneth Hedley Lewis Key, 1911-2002 2004 Historical Records of Australian Science 15 1 65-76 Journal Article: The Biological Collections in CSIRO: a National Heritage Day, M.F.C. et al. The Biological Collections in CSIRO: a National Heritage 2004 Historical Records of Australian Science 15 1 1-19 Journal Article: Douglas Frew Waterhouse 1916-2000 Day, Maxwell F.C.; Whitten, Maxwell J.; Sands, Don Douglas Frew Waterhouse 1916-2000 2001 Historical Records of Australian Science 13 4 495-519 Journal Article: Douglas Frew Waterhouse, C.M.G. 3 June 1916 - 1 December 2000 Day, Maxwell F. C.; Whitten, Maxwell J.; and Sands, Don P. A. Douglas Frew Waterhouse, C.M.G. 3 June 1916 - 1 December 2000 2002 Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 48 459-81 Journal Article: Systematics and biology of the iconic Australian scribbly gum moths Ogmograptis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae) and their unique insect-plant interaction 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 2012 Invertebrate systematics 26 4 357-98 Edited Book: Australia's forests: their role in our future: papers presented to a meeting of the Science and Industry Forum of the Australian Academy of Science, 6-8 February 1981 Day, M. F. Australia's forests: their role in our future: papers presented to a meeting of the Science and Industry Forum of the Australian Academy of Science, 6-8 February 1981 Canberra Australian Academy of Science 19081 Journal Article: An annotated catalogue of the Australian Cicadelloidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) Day, M. F. and Fletcher, M. J. An annotated catalogue of the Australian Cicadelloidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) 1994 Invertebrate taxonomy 8 1117-1288 Journal Article: Epidemiological consequences of the mechanical transmission of myxomatosis by mosquito Fenner, Frank, Day, M. F. and Gwendolyn M. Woodroofe Epidemiological consequences of the mechanical transmission of myxomatosis by mosquito 1956 Epidemiology & infection 54 2 284-303 Journal Article: The mechanism of the transmission of myxomatosis in the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) by the mosquito Aedes aegypti Fenner, F., Day, M. F. and Woodroofe, G. M. The mechanism of the transmission of myxomatosis in the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) by the mosquito Aedes aegypti 1952 Australian journal of experimental biology and medical science 30 2 139-52 Edited Book: Rates of evolution Campbell, K,. S. W. and Day, M. F. Rates of evolution London: Sydney Allen & Unwin 1987 Journal Article: The genera of Australian Membracidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) Day, M. F. The genera of Australian Membracidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) 1999 Invertebrate taxonomy 13 4 629-747 Resource Section: Maxwell Frank Cooper Day Ward, C. Maxwell Frank Cooper Day Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Resource Section: Interview with Dr Max Day, ecologist Blythe, Max Interview with Dr Max Day, ecologist Australian Academy of Science 1993 Interviews with Australian scientists Journal Article: Max calls it a Day Anon Max calls it a Day 1980 CoResearch: CSIRO staff newspaper 236 1 7 Report: 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 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 Journal Article: Maxwell Frank Cooper Day 1915 - 2017 Robin, Libby; and Day, Jon C. Maxwell Frank Cooper Day 1915 - 2017 2020 Historical Records of Australian Science 31 1 39-53 Journal Article: Musings on bugs [Peloridiidae] Fletcher, Murray J. Musings on bugs [Peloridiidae] 2024 Myrmecia 60 3 8-12 Journal Article: Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 1917-1988 Heyde, C. C. Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 1917-1988 1992 Historical Records of Australian Science 9 1 17-30 Maxwell Frank Cooper Day - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Maxwell Frank Cooper Day - Records MS 140 1972 - c. 2000 Records from the Australian Academy of Science Committee on the Environment 1972-81; SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) records 1975-81; CASAFA (Inter-Union Commission for the Application of Science to Agriculture, Forestry and Aquaculture) records 1979-86; correspondence and other records relating to the Australian Academy of Science, environmental science textbook 1985-92; material relating to the National Conservation Strategy for Australia c.2000. 1.21 m, 8 boxes