Cherry Logan Emerson, Junior. was born in 1916 and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the son of Cherry Logan Emerson, Senior, the dean of engineering at the Georgia Technical, and the grandson of William Henry Emerson, Georgia Technical"s first dean
Despite his father and grandfather"s affiliations with Georgia Technical, Emerson chose instead to attend Emory University in Atlanta, earning both a Bachelor of Arts (1938) and Master of Arts
Cherry Logan Emerson, Junior. (September 30, 1916 – April 29, 2007) was an American chemist, businessman, and philanthropist. As a child, Emerson had a talent for mathematics, foreshadowing a career in science and engineering.
(1939) in chemistry.
He went on to earn an Master of Surgery in chemical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the tutelage of Warren K. Lewis. During this time, Emerson courted Lewis" daughter, Mary, and the two were married in 1942. The two men grew the small Boston-based lab into a worldwide corporation before selling it in 1978.
After doing so, Emerson returned to his hometown of Atlanta, and began using his profits from the sale of Emerson & Cuming to engage in local philanthropy.
He died in 2007.
Emerson is honored in a number of capacities at his alma mater of Emory University. The Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, founded in 1991, bears his name, as does Cherry Logan Emerson Hall, a campus building that houses research programs in chemistry.
Additionally, the Cherry Logan Emerson Concert Hall was named after Emerson in honor of his $1 million donation in 2002.
