Sterling Howard Emerson

Sterling Howard Emerson was an American geneticist.^[2] Emerson was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1951.^[3]

Sterling Howard Emerson
Born	(1900-10-29)29 October 1900 Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Died	2 May 1988(1988-05-02) (aged 87) Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Alma mater	University of Michigan (PhD) Cornell University (BS)
Spouse	Mary Foote Randall
Children	Ann K Fincham, S Jonathan Emerson
Parents	Rollins Adams Emerson (father) Harriet Hardin (mother)
Relatives	Harrison M. Randall (father-in-law); John Fincham (son-in-law)
Scientific career
Fields	Genetics
Institutions	California Institute of Technology
Author abbrev. (botany)	S.Emers.

Life

Sterling Howard Emerson was born on October 29, 1900^[4] in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of Rollins Adams Emerson and Harriet Hardin.^[5][6] 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.^[6] Emerson was the professor of genetics at the California Institute of Technology from 1928 to 1971.^[2] Emerson died on May 2, 1988, in Altadena, California.^[6]

Sterling Howard Emerson married Mary Foote Randall (daughter of physicist Harrison M. Randall and Ida May Muma) on 29 May 1924 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.^[5][7] Their children were Ann K Emerson (married geneticist John Fincham) and S Jonathan Emerson.^[7]