CodeBPS/GB/88
NameThe British Psychological Society; Occupational Psychology Section; 1919-2001
Corporate NameThe British Psychological Society
SubordinateOccupational Psychology Section
Dates1919-2001
Parallel NameIndustrial Section (1919-1957)
DatesAndPlacesLeicester
AddressLeicester
RelationshipsBPS Occupational Psychology Section
ActivityFounded 1919 (one of the first three sections of the Society).

Membership of 49 in 1926-27 and 44 in 1928.
Industrial Section
1921 -1923 Hon Sec Eric Farmer
1924-1925 Hon Sec George Miles
1926 - 1928 Hon Sec W Spielman
1929- Hon Sec S M Bevington
1930 Hon Sec G E C Whiting
1931-32 Hon Sec D W Harding
1933-34 Hon Sec E G Chambers
1935-38 Hon Sec M A Lieper
1939-40 Hon Sec N A B Wilson
1941 Hon Sec E O Mercer
1942-43 Hon Sec M B Stott
Under the Society's new Articles and By-Laws (adopted in 1958) the Industrial Section becomes the Occupational Psychology Section.
1951 Chair H G Maule, Hon Sec Thelma Veness
1952 Chair M B Scott Hon Sec Thelma Veness
1953 Chair L S Hearnshaw, Hon Sec Thelma Veness
1954 Chair H F Lock, Hon Sec P F C Castle
1956 Chair Alastair Heon, Hon Sec Mark Hodges
1957 Chair N H Mackworth Hon Sec S B N Shimmin

There was a suggested change of title from Industrial to Occupational in 1956.
Under the Society's new Articles and By-Laws (adopted in 1958) the Industrial Section became the BPS Occupational Psychology Section.

The Occupational Psychology Section ran alongside the Division of Occupational Psychology.

In 1974 it was agreed that the BPS Division of Occupational Psychology should be primarily concerned with professional matters and the BPS Occupational Section with scientific matters. From 1999 they held joint annual conferences.

In 2001 the Division of Occupational Psychology was reconstituted to include members of the former Occupational Psychology Section.

The Division of Occupational Psychology is now (2018) concerned with both the professional and scientific aspects of occupational psychology.

1958 Chair John B Parry, Hon Sec S B N Shimmin
1959 Chair D E Broadbent, Hon Sec S B N Shimmin
1960 Chair J D Handyside Hon Sec R D Shepherd
1961 Chair S B N Shimmin Hon Sec R D Shepherd
1962 Chair D Wallis, Hon Sec G A Randell
1963 Chair Edgar Astley Hon Sec G A Randell
1964 Chair B M Speak, Hon Sec A P O Williams
1967 Chair A O Martin Hon Sec Gilbert Jessup
1968 Chair S Thorley Hon Sec Gilbert Jessup
1969 Chair R B Buzzard Hon Sec Gilbert Jessup
1970 Chair D Wallis, Hon Sec Arthur Gardner
1971 Chair D C Duncan, Hon Sec Arthur Gardner
1972 Chair F A Heller Hon Sec Arthur Gardner
1973 Chair K C F Lathrope, Hon Sec Arthur Gardner
1974 Chair A R T Williams Hon Sec Richard C Macdonnell
1975 Chair Nick Georgiades, Hon Sec Richard Macdonnell
1976 Chair Gilbert Jessup Hon Sec John Barker
1977 Chair Richard MacDonell Hon Sec John Barker
1978 Hon Sec John Barker
1979 Chair Rod MacMillan Hon Sec Richard Williams
1980 Chair Christopher Lewis Hon Sec Richard Williams
1981 Chair J Topliss Hon Sec Richard Williams
1982 Chair David Guest Hon Sec John Luff
1983 Hon Sec Robert Parkinson
1984 Hon Sec Robert Parkinson
1985 Chairman Frank Blackler Hon Sec Beth Coll
1986 Chair Chris Brotherton Hon Sec Beth Coll
1987 Chair Dian Hoskin Hon Sec Beth Coll
1988 Chair Michael West Hon Sec Malcolm Ballantine
1989 Chair Phil Leather Hon Sec Malcolm Ballantine
1990 Chair Jackie Bates-Gaston Hon Sec Dave Williams
1991 Chair Ed Zawiska Hon Sec Neil M Hardinge
1992 Chair Dave Williams Hon Sec Rosemary Nodder
1993 Chair Neil Hardinge Hon Sec Rosemary Nodder
1994 Chair Rosemary Nodder
1995 Chair James Doherty Hon Sec Rosie Dickson
1996 Chair Cathy Cassell Hon Sec Rosie Dickson
1997 Chair Rosie Dickson Hon Sec Penny Dick
1998 Chair Kisane Prutton Hon Sec Penny Dick
1999 Chair Chris Smewing Hon Sec Penny Dick
2000 Chair Margaret Chapman Hon Sec Penny Dick
2001 Chair Penny Dick Hon Sec Zander Webberburn

Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre.
Related NameBPS/GB/81
SourceRecord is to be updated at a later date
Bio sources taken from the Society's website www.bps.org.uk accessed 21/05/2005
ConventionsInternational Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN ISBN 0-9696035-3-3
National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997

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