Emerson William Corbat was born on December 21, 1948, in Midland, Michigan. He was the son of Emerson William Corbat and Helena W. Kalahar Corbat. His professional life remained closely associated with community pharmacy in the Midland area and neighboring Michigan communities.
Corbat completed an Associate in Science at Delta College in 1969 and continued his pharmacy education at Ferris State College, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy in 1972. During his Ferris years he was associated with Rho Chi, and in June 1972 he received the Bristol Pharmacy Award from Bristol Pharmaceutical Company.
Corbat began his documented professional career as a pharmacist and became manager of Community Drug Stores in Midland, Michigan, serving from 1976 to 1985. From 1983 to 1987 he served on the Michigan Board of Examiners for Pharmacy Technicians in Lansing. In 1985 he became president and owner of Merrill Family Pharmacy in Merrill, Michigan. He subsequently held pharmacy-management and pharmacist positions at Auburn Pharmacy, Walgreens Pharmacy #9079, and Glover Rexall Pharmacy in the Midland area. His later professional registration identified him as a licensed pharmacist practicing in Midland, Michigan.
He was identified as a Roman Catholic.
Corbat belonged to the National Association of Retail Druggists, the American Pharmaceutical Association, the Michigan Pharmacists Association, and the Midland County Pharmacists Association. He served as president of the Midland County Pharmacists Association in 2002.
Corbat was the son of Emerson William Corbat and Helena W. Kalahar Corbat. He married Roberta Louise Harrold in 1970; they later divorced in 1989. He married Rebecca L. Hudock in 1992. His children are Lisa Marie Corbat and Wesley Emerson Corbat.
