Cherry Logan Emerson, Sr. (1888–1959) was an American

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and

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Education

Emerson graduated from

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with two

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s: one in

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(1908) and one in electrical engineering (1909). He was also a charter member of Georgia Tech's ANAK Society, Editor-in-Chief of the

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, and a brother of the

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fraternity.

Career

After many years in the

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, Emerson returned to Georgia Tech as the

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of the School of Engineering in 1945. He was soon appointed

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in charge of expansion; under his leadership, the Georgia Tech

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doubled in size between 1948 and 1955. Emerson left Georgia Tech in 1955 and died in 1959. Emerson's son, Cherry Logan Emerson, Jr. was a successful chemist, businessman, and philanthropist. Emerson's father was William Henry Emerson, the first dean of Georgia Tech.

References

1959 deaths Georgia Tech faculty Georgia Tech alumni 20th-century American engineers 1888 births 20th-century American academics {{US-academic-administrator-stub