Background
Emerson, Alfred Edwards was born on December 31, 1896 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Son of Alfred and Alice Louisa (Edwards) Emerson.
Emerson, Alfred Edwards was born on December 31, 1896 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Son of Alfred and Alice Louisa (Edwards) Emerson.
Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1918, Master of Arts, 1920, Doctor of Philosophy, 1925. Doctor of Science, Michigan University, 1961.
; children—Helena Leeming (Mistress Eugene Wilkening), William Jelliffe. Married second, Eleanor Fish, September 3, 1950 (deceased 1972). Assistant, Tropical Research Station, New York Zoological Society, 1919, associate, 1920, assistant director, 1924.
Instructor U. Pittsburgh, 1921-1923, assistant professor, 1923-1925, associate professor, 1925-1929.
Associate professor University of Chicago, 1929-1934, professor, 1934-1962, emeritus, 1962-1976. Assistant American Museum Natural History, 1920, research associate, 1940-1976.
Research associate Chicago Natural History Museum, 1942-1976. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellow, 1926-1927.
Belgian American Education Foundation fellow, 1948.
Instructor biology laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1922. Distinguished professor natural science Michigan State University, 1960.
Fellow New York Zoological Society. Member Ecological Society American (secretary-treasurer 1931, president 1941, Eminent Ecologist citation 1967), American Entomological Society (vice president), Society Systematic Zoologists (president 1958), Society Study Evolution (vice president 1946, 48, president 1960), American Association for the Advancement of Science (section vice president 1946), Illinois Academy Science (president 1946), National Academy Science.
Married Winifred Jelliffe, May 3, 1920 (deceased. Married second, Eleanor Fish, September 3, 1950 (deceased. Children: Helena Leeming (Mistress Eugene Wilkening), William Jelliffe.