Sterling Howard Emerson was an American
geneticist.
Emerson was awarded a
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...
in 1951.
Life
Sterling Howard Emerson was born on October 29, 1900
in
Lincoln,
Nebraska, the son of
Rollins Adams Emerson
Rollins Adams Emerson (May 5, 1873 – December 8, 1947) was an American geneticist who rediscovered the laws of inheritance established by Gregor Mendel.
Early life
Emerson was born on May 5, 1873, in tiny Pillar Point, New York, but at th ...
and Harriet Hardin.
[Sterling H Emerson]
Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952. Accessed via ancestry.com paid subscription site on 20 October 2023. Emerson was awarded a
Bachelor of Science degree from
Cornell University in 1922, and admitted as a
Doctor of Philosophy from the
University of Michigan in 1928.
Emerson was the professor of genetics at the
California Institute of Technology from 1928 to 1971.
Emerson died on May 2, 1988, in
Altadena,
California.
Sterling Howard Emerson married Mary Foote Randall (daughter of physicist
Harrison M. Randall
Harrison McAllister Randall (December 17, 1870 – November 10, 1969) was an American physicist whose leadership from 1915 to 1941 brought the University of Michigan to international prominence in experimental and theoretical physics.
Biography
R ...
and Ida May Muma) on 29 May 1924 in
Ann Arbor
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna (name), Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah (given name), Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie (given name), ...
,
Michigan.
[Sterling Emerson]
1940 United States Federal Census. Accessed via ancestry.com paid subscription site on 20 October 2023. Their children were Ann K Emerson (married geneticist
John Fincham
John Robert Stanley Fincham FRS FRSE (11 August 1926 – 9 February 2005) was a noted British geneticist who made important contributions to biochemical genetics and microbial genetics.
Education and personal life
Fincham was educated at Peter ...
) and S Jonathan Emerson.
References
External links
John R. S. Fincham, "Sterling Howard Emerson", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (1994)
1900 births
1988 deaths
American geneticists
Cornell University alumni
University of Michigan alumni
California Institute of Technology faculty
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