As Professor Emeritus, University of Connecticut he was best known for his pioneering work in ecological psychology and in applying dynamic systems approach for the study of motor behavior.

Scotty writes:
Mick really comes under the title of Great Xaverians... in fact great man! Always a COXA member and proud of it, one of the great band of men who saw Cecil as truly inspirational!

He was a fantastic sportsman and academic at Clapham and led the Brains Drain to the USA! University lecturer, loved by all, he wrote papers that became the standard world thinking in the 21st century, a true pioneer…he wrote books and added chapters to dozens of others!

A great man, but also found time to reflect on his friends at Clapham even as far as writing for Concordia! One of the last of the “few” His funeral in the USA will be a huge event. Rest in Peace Mick

Ted Corrigan writes:

Mike Turvey also had a sense of humor......Turvey also won the 2004 Ig Nobel Prize in Physics along with Professor Ramesh Balasubramaniam of Cognitive & Information Sciences at the University of California, Merced, for exploring and explaining the dynamics of hula-hooping. (Reference: "Coordination Modes in the Multisegmental Dynamics of Hula Hooping," Ramesh Balasubramaniam and Michael T. Turvey, Biological Cybernetics, vol. 90, no. 3, March 2004, pp. 176–90.)
Regards Ted