,---------------'----­ = 1@[~I&~[}{] REPORTER ~ VOL. 5 NUMBER 34 MARCH 1968 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MOREY (cont.) ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ELWYN MOREY a course of great interest to her - Remedial Educatio Despite the tremendous demands on her time for lecturing, research, Monash University and its Faculty of Education suff­ addressing community and parent ered a grievous loss when Associate Professor Elwyn Morey groups, and duties with groups to was killed in a car accident near Woolongong on Friday, which she belonged, Professor Morey January 19th. Allover Australia, but particularly in was never too busy to help the in­ Western Australia and Victoria, thousands of handicapped dividual case - a handicapped child, children, and their parents, some of whom knew Professor a student with difficUlties, a parent Morey by name only, will be grateful for the lifetime of worried about a handicapped child, a work devoted to advancing the cause of handicapped children lonely adolescent. The number of by focusing community attention on the problem, organizing boys and girls, adolescents and par­ groups to raise funds and provide facilities, training ents who have been helped by her per­ teachers and psychologists for professional duties, and con­ sonal counselling is legion. ducting r-e s e a'rc h in this area. By ,h e r enthusiasm and drive she inspired people to greater efforts and infected her Prior to coming to Monash as students with enthusiasm for their work. Associate Professor of Education, Dr . Morey had been a Senior Lecturer At the time of her death she was giving great, drive as in Education and also in Psychology Chairman of the School Council to the development of at the University of Melbourne, and "Rossbourne", an independent school for slow learning child­ in Psychology in the University of Western Australia. ren, and to the Monash Child Study Centre, wher~ she was was a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society, planning research with both normal and handicapped children. British Psychological Society and the International C This Centre will always remain a memorial to her energy and of Psychologists, a Member of the Australian College vision. Plans for the new building as part of the new ucation, and on the executives of several groups cone Faculty of Education building were completed at the end of with handicapped children and adults. During her car 1967. she had received a Carnegie Travel Grant, a British C grant and a Leverhulme Fellowship. She had represent Professor Morey's contribution to the development of Australia at international conferences on mental heal clinical psychology in Australia has been enormous. Her de­ on child development. Several hospitals and other ce velopment of diploma courses in child, educational and clin­ had been helped by services given as Honorary Psychol ical psychology in the Psychology Department of the Univer­ sity of Western Australia represents a landmark in the de­ Her Master of Arts and Bachelor of Education de velopment of professional psychology in Australia and stu­ were from the University of Melbourne, and her Doctor dents who took these diploma courses hold important profess­ Philosophy from Berkley. Her dissertation, "Vocation ional posts inside and outside Australia. terests and Personality Characteristics of Women Teac was awarded for its year the Pi Lambda Theta National Professor Morey shared in the development of the search Award for the best Ph.D. research by a woman i faculty at Monash and led the psychologists in the faculty. United States. She lectured in Educational Psychology to the Diploma of Education students and in Child and Adolescent 'Psychology in Professor Morey had published some thirty works the Bachelor of Education course. She was also supervising ing a range of topics with a concentration on child d post graduate students. In 1968 she was to have commenced' ment and handicapped children. one ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MOREY (cont.) :IATE PROFESSOR ELWYN MOREY a course of great interest to her - Remedial Education. Despite the tremendous demands on her time for lecturing, research, ~sh suff~ University and its Faculty of Education addressing community and parent ievous loss when Associate Professor Elwyn Morey groups, and duties with groups to j in a car accident near Woolongong on Friday, which she belonged, Professor Morey 9t h . Allover Australia, but particularly in was never too busy to help the in­ ~stralia and Victoria, thousands of handicapped dividual case - a handicapped child, ~nd their parents, some of whom knew Professor a student with difficulties, a parent aame only, will be grateful for the lifetime of worried about a handicapped child, a ted to advancing the cause of handicapped children lonely adolescent. The number of 19 community attention on the problem, organizing boys and girls, adolescents and par­ raise funds and provide facilities, training ents who have been helped by her per­ ~nd psychologists for professional duties, and con­ sonal counselling is legion. ~ s e ar c h in this area. By her enthusiasm and drive red people to greater efforts and infected her Prior to coming to Monash as with enthusiasm for their work. Associate Professor of Education, Dr. Morey had been a Senior Lecturer the time of her death she was giving great drive as in Education and also in Psychology of the School Council to the development of at the University of Melbourne, and a c", an independent school for slow learning child­ in Psychology in the University of Western Australia. She to the Monash Child Study Centre, wher~ she was was a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society, the research with both normal and handicapped children. British Psychological Society and the International Council re will always remain a memorial to her energy and of Psychologists, a Member of the Australian College of Ed­ Plans for the new building as part of the new ucation, and on the executives of several groups concerned f Education bui;lding were completed at the end of with handicapped children and adults. During her career she had received a Carnegie Travel Grant, a British Council grant and a Leverhulme Fellowship. She had represented fessor Morey's contribution to the development of Australia at international conferences on mental health and psychology in Australia has been enormouS. Her de­ on child development. Several hospitals and other centres of diploma c ou r s e s in child, educational and clin­ had been helped by services given as Honorary Psychologist. hology in the Psychology Department of the Univer­ estern Australia represents a landmark in the de­ Her Master of Arts and Bachelor of Education degrees of professional psychology in Australia and stu­ were from the University of Melbourne, and her Doctor of took these diploma courses hold important profess­ Philosophy from Berkley. Her dissertation, "Vocational In­ ts inside and outside Australia. terests and Personality Characteristics of Women Teachers", was awarded for its year the Pi Lambda Theta National Re­ fessor Morey shared in the development of the search Award for the best Ph.D. research by a woman in the t Monash and led the psychologists in the faculty. United States. r ed in Educational Psychology to the Diploma of students and in Child and Adolescent Psychology in Professor Morey had published some thirty works cover­ lor of Education course. She was also supervising ing a range of topics with a concentration on child develop­ uate students'. Tn 1968 she was to have commenced' ment and handicapped children. two SECOND CH AIR OF SURGERY CHAI R OF ECONOM ETRICS Prof e s sor J . Mc .K. Watts has taken up his 1 Prof e s sor Alan Pow ell has taken up hi s appo i n t ment ment in the n ew Chai r o f Surgery at Prince Henry to the foundation Chai r o f Ec on ome trics in the De p a rtment pita1. The o r i g ina l Monash Cha i r of Surgery i s } o f Economic s. This is t he first Chai r o f Ec on ometrics i n Prof e ssor B.A . F . Dud ley at the Alfred Hospital . a n Au stra lian Un iversi ty . Watts wa s f o rmerly a s enior l ecturer in the Depal Stirger y . Prof essor Pow ell wa s formerly Reader in Ec on omics at Monash. He graduated B .Sc .Agr . with honours in a gr i c u l ­ Prof e s sor Watts graduated tural e c on omics from Sy dney Un i ver s i t y and in 1 9 63 was M.B.,B. S. from t he Univ ersity o f award e d a Ph.D. by that Un iversi t y f o J:' wo r k on "A National Melbourne in 1 9 5 6 and b ecame a Fodder Re s erv e f or the Wool Industry - an E c o no m ic~ and Fellow o f the Royal Australasian S tat ist ical Analysis." Th i s was an a .t t emp t to apply t ech­ nique s o f inventory a n alysi s to the as s essment o f the po­ Co l lege of S urgeons in 1 9 62. He has work e d in university t eaching t ential gains and c os t s a ssociated with a propo s ed nat ional hospital s since g radua t i on, and c on t i ngency r e s erve a gainst drought. from 1 9 62-64 wa s the Ed wa r d Lumley S urgica l Re s ea r ch F ellow and a Before his a pp o i n t men t to Monash in 1 9 6 5, Prof e ssor Pow ell l e ctur er i n Su r g er y at the Un i ver ­ s i t y of L e eds .