Hunt, Frederick John

Positions summary

Senior Lecturer in Education 1965-1989, specialising in Sociology of Education and Comparative Education; remained associated with faculty in 1990s as examiner and exam supervisor.

Biography

Dr F. John Hunt was born on 19th April, 1924 and grew up in Western Australia where he completed his secondary education. He spent 4.5 years in the military from 1942 to 1946. Afterwards, he completed teacher training and his BA in English and Psychology (1951), B.Ed (1955), and M.Ed. (1962), all at the University of Western Australia. He was awarded a PhD in Education by Stanford University in California at the end of 1964. Dr Hunt was appointed Senior Lecturer in the then Department of Education at Monash in 1965, where he specialised in Sociology of Education and Comparative Education. During his time at Monash, he saw the faculty grow exponentially in staff, students, and courses. Dr Hunt retired at the end of 1989, but remained associated with the faculty during the 1990s as an examiner and exam supervisor. Dr Hunt died on 28 July 2017 (The Age).

Papers

Teaching files 1965-2006
Related to courses taught by Dr Hunt within the Faculty of Education, 1965-1989. Includes course outlines, lecture notes and other teaching material; files related to faculty course committees and to meetings of faculty academic staff. Also included are faculty newsletters and memos 1990-2005; and a memoir of his years at Monash, written in 2006.

Publications 1965-1997
Articles, journals and books authored by Professor Hunt, including correspondence.

Personal records1944-2004
Records related to Professor Hunt's position in the Faculty of Education and his time spent in Western Australia.

Student records1951-1964
Records from Professor Hunt's student days in Western Australia and Stanford University.