| Sterling Howard Emerson | |
| Birth Date: | 1900 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Lincoln, Nebraska, USA |
| Death Place: | Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
| Fields: | Genetics |
| Workplaces: | University of Michigan California Institute of Technology |
| Alma Mater: | Cornell University |
| Author Abbrev Bot: | S.Emers. |
| Spouse: | Mary Foote Randall |
| Mother: | Harriet Hardin |
| Children: | Ann K Fincham, S Jonathan Emerson |
| Relatives: | Harrison M. Randall (father-in-law); John Fincham (son-in-law) |
Sterling Howard Emerson was an American geneticist.[1] Emerson was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1951.[2]
Sterling Howard Emerson was born on October 29, 1900[3] in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of Rollins Adams Emerson and Harriet Hardin.[4] [5] 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 and Ida May Muma) on 29 May 1924 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[6] Their children were Ann K Emerson (married geneticist John Fincham) and S Jonathan Emerson.