Donald Warren Emerich

Background

Emerich, Donald Warren was born on July 12, 1920 in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edward Robert and Minie (Beck) Emerich.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Ohio State University, 1951.

Career

Research and development, Hercules, Inc., Parlin, New Jersey, 1942-1943; production supervisor, Badger Ordnance Works, Baraboo, Wisconsin, 1943-1945; research and development, United States Vanadium Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York, 1945-1947; instructor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1951-1953; assistant professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1953-1954; associate professor, Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1954-1958; professor, Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1958-1960; associate professor of chemistry, Mississippi State University, 1960-1962; professor, Mississippi State University, 1962-1985; acting head chemistry department, Mississippi State University, 1964-1966, 80-81, 89; head department, Mississippi State University, 1966-1976; part-time assistant to head department, Mississippi State University, 1988-1989; part-time lecturer/coordinator general chemical laboratories, Mississippi State University, 1990-1991; lecturer, Mississippi State University, 1992. Visiting lecturer U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1979. Lecturer California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1985-1986.

Visiting professor Utah State University, Logan, 1986-1987.

Achievements

• Donald Warren Emerich has been listed as a noteworthy chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Violinist Mississippi State College Women and Community Orchestra, 1963-1965. Violinist Starkville-Mississippi State University Symphony Orchestra, 1969-1985, secretary, 1975-1978, 83-85, 90-96. Member American Chemical Society (newsletter editor Mississippi section 1976-1979), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Tau, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Evelyn Freda Graulich, September 24, 1943. Children– Douglas William, Dwight Edward, David Graulich.

Father:

Edward Robert Emerich

Mother:

Minie (Beck) Emerich

Spouse:

Evelyn Freda Graulich

child:

Dwight Edward Emerich

child:

David Graulich Emerich

child:

Douglas William Emerich