Robert Kenneth McKelvey

Background

McKelvey, Robert Kenneth was born on February 3, 1922 in Webster Groves, Missouri, United States. Arrived in Australia, 1974. Son of Robert Lester and Christina Elizabeth (Kleinschmidt) McKelvey.

Education

Bachelor, University Missouri, 1947. Master of Arts, University Missouri, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, 1951.

Career

Teaching associate University Washington, Seattle, 1948-1951. Research psychologist United States Air Force, Sacramento, 1951-1958, Airways Modernization Board, Washington, 1958-1959. Chief human factors research branch Federal Aviation Administration, Atlantic City, 1960-1967.

Director injury control research laboratory United States Public Health Service, Providence, 1967-1972. Instructor Roger Williams College, Bristol, Rhode Island, 1973-1974. Senior research fellow Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, 1974-1979.

Consultant Australian Department of Aviation Medicine, Melbourne, 1979—1990. Retired, 0199

Adjunct professor industrial engineering University Rhode Island, 1972—1974. Consultant, Melbourne, since 1983.

Achievements

• Robert Kenneth McKelvey has been listed as a noteworthy psychologist, consultant, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Bristol (Rhode Island) Highlands Improvement Association, 1972. Fellow Society Engineering Psychologists, American Psychological Association. Member Human Factors Society, Ergonomics Society Australia, Australian Psychological Society, American Psychological Society, Alpha Pi Zeta, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: Melbourne Chorale Camerata Opera Group, other choral societies.

Connections

Married Dorothy Marie Beckman, August 7, 1943. Children: Martha Anne, Maurya Jane, Robert Hugh, Brian Lee.

Father:

Robert Lester McKelvey

Mother:

Christina Elizabeth (Kleinschmidt) McKelvey

Spouse:

Dorothy Marie Beckman

child:

Brian Lee McKelvey

child:

Maurya Jane McKelvey

child:

Martha Anne McKelvey

child:

Robert Hugh McKelvey