Fondation Francqui-Stichting
Fondation d’Utilité Publique  Stichting van Openbaar Nut


Ceremony of the Francqui Prize by his Royal Highness Prince Albert at the "Fondation Universitaire" on June 10, 1992

Curriculum vitae - Report of the Jury


Géry van Outryve d'Ydewalle

 

Curriculum vitae

Born at Bruges, on December 18, 1946

Diploma academics:

Several diplomas at the Ecole de Musique de Bruges (1963-1965)
Licence in Psychology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1969)
Additional studies of music at the Ecole de Musique of Cologne, Germany (1971-1972)
Félicien Cattier Fellow (Francqui Foundation) and CRB fellow of the B.A.E.F., in Indiana University, USA (1972-1973).
Ph.D. in Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1974)
Graduate in Philosophy at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1976)

Functions:

Ordinary Professor, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1984)
Director of the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1980);

Curriculum vitae:

Invited professor, Fulbright/hays and Nato Fellow, Rockefeller University, New York (1977-1978).
Part-time lecturer, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1980).
Professor invited at the Birkbeck College, University of London (1983-1984).
Professor invited at the London School of Economics (1986-1987).
Assistant secretary (1974-1978), General secretary (1978-1987), and Vice-president (1987-1990) of the Société belge de Psychologie.
General secretary of the Comité National des Sciences Psychologiques.
Secretary-General Deputy (1987-) International Union of Psychological Science (elected member Executive Committee, 1980-1988).
President International Social Committee for Science Information and Documentation (1985-1989; elected member Executive Committee 1982-1989).
Member of the Comité Exécutif du Conseil International des Sciences Sociales (1990-).

Prize:

Prize winner of the Compétition internuniversitaire pour la meilleure thèse en psychologie (1975).
Prize of Psychology of the Académie Royale, 1977.
Francqui Chair at the Université de Liège, 1987-1988.
 

Report of the Jury (April 25, 1992)

Considering the influence that the theoretical and experimental research of the candidate reached as for the role of the cognitive repertory and motivationnel of the subject in the psychological processes of the training and visual perception;

considering the fact that during one long period, the candidate directed a large laboratory of cognitive psychology on a scientific level enjoying a high international reputation and that a great number of young researchers were inspired by there, on the ground of cognitive psychology and the related disciplines;

propose at the Board of directors of the Francqui Foundation to confer the Francqui Prize 1992 on Mr. Géry van OUTRYVE d'YDEWALLE, Professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
 

Jury Members :

Professor Mario BUNGE
Frothingam Professor of Logic and Meatphysics
Mac Gill University
Montreal - Canada
                                                            
Chairman

and

Professor Leonard E. BOYLE
Prefetto della Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Cittal del Vaticano - Italy

Professor Sytse DOUMA
Professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Brabant
Tilburg - The Netherlands

Professor HAMON
Professor at the Université de Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle
Paris - France

Professor Françoise MELTZER
Professor of French and Comparative Literature
University of Chicago
Illinois - USA

Professor Jean-Luc NESPOULOUS
Professor of Neuropsycholinguistique
Departement des Sciences du Langage
Université de Toulouse-le-Mirail
France

Sir. Randolph QUIRK
Professor University College London
Past President, British Academy
UK

Professor Agnar SANDMO
Professor at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
Bergen - Norway

Professor Arnold J.W.M. THOMASSEN
Professor at the Universiteit te Nijmegen
The Netherlands

Professor Bernhard WILPERT
Professor at the Technische Universität Berlin
Germany

Professor Paul ZANKER
Professor at the Universität München
Institut für Klassische Archäologie
Germany

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