Memorials

Douglas Vickers was an outstanding scholar and researcher whose 1979 book Decision Processes in Visual Perception is now regarded internationally as a classic. He joined the then-Department of Psychology at the University of Adelaide as a Lecturer in 1967, having received an MA in Mental Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh, and a BA in Natural Sciences and PhD in Experimental Psychology from Cambridge University. At the time of his death, he held the post of Professor of Psychology. His research interests were far-ranging, including perception, memory, judgment, problem-solving, intelligence, language and aesthetics. Among his many professional distinctions, he was a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and a former President of the International Society for Psychophysics. In 1994 he had been awarded the ScD in Biological Sciences by the University of Cambridge, one of the very few psychologists worldwide to have held this award. His sudden and unexpected loss is sadly felt by those many colleagues and students who had the pleasure of working with him.

It is with very deep sadness that I must inform you that our dear colleague, Inara Proske, passed away on the l3 November, 2000. She was just 56 years of age. Inara joined the University in 1967 as a Tutor in Psychology, and also held the appointments of Senior Teaching Fellow, Senior Tutor and Lecturer B during the nearly 34 years she spent with us in this Department. She was an extraordinarily dedicated teacher and will be greatly missed by her students as well as by those of us who loved her as an academic colleague and friend.