Oeser, Oscar Adolph

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By the age of 27 Oscar Oeser had graduated from four universities at Rhodes, Marburg and Cambridge, and had gained two doctorates in two disciplines, physics and psychology. In 1933 Oeser became Head of the Department in Experimental Psychology at the University of St. Andrews until 1940 when he served in the war as Wing Commander in the RAFVR. After settling in Melbourne, Oeser was appointed Foundation Chair in Psychology at the University of Melbourne where he remained until 1970 when he became Head of the Human Relations Unit at Western Mining. A member and chairman of numerous committees and a prolific researcher, Oeser was always concerned with the conditions of real life.