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Dr Erica Underwood
Erica Reid Underwood (1907-1992) was a renown psychologist considered as being the first female member of the WAIT Council and the first woman to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Technology for her contribution to the Institute.


 * Early life and Education
 * Career
 * Awards and honors
 * References

Early life and Education Erica Underwood was born on 25 June 1907 in Albany, Western Australia. She was the second child of William Jenkins Chandler and Jessie Reid. Her father was born in Queensland and her mother was from Scotland. Later on, Erica Underwood attended Highgate State School in Perth. She has won a scholarship in 1920 to the Perth Modern School, where she studied literature, languages and history.

Career In order to finance her studies, Erica Underwood worked as a school monitor while enrolled as a partßtime student at The University of Western Australia (UWA). As she bacame a full-time student in 1927, she took psychology subjects that was offered by the Faculty of Arts.

Awards and honors In 1974 Erica Underwood was appointed to the Council of the Western Australian Institute of Technology (Curtin University) as the first woman deputy-chairman. In 1981, the institute awared her an honorary doctorate of technology and was the first woman to be distinguised.

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