Education
Wick received her Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1951 and became a tenured professor in 1963.
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She taught in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science. She advocated on behalf of female students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was influential in getting coeducational residencies, so that with more living options more female applicants could be accepted. Wick was also an avid sailor.
She was the first woman commodore of the Sandy Bay Yacht Club in Rockport, Massachusetts.
At Massachusetts Institute of Technology she helped create the women's varsity sailing team which was the first in the county to fund a coaching position dedicated to women sailors. In her honor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumnae organized the annual Emily Wick Regatta and the Emily L. Wick trophy which eventually became the Intercollegiate Women"s Sailing Championship trophy.
Wick received her Bachelor of Science (chemistry) and Master of Arts (organic chemistry) from Mount Holyoke College and her Doctor of Philosophy (chemistry) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While working for Anno Domini Little, a management consulting firm in Boston, Master of Arts, she "discovered the chemistry for foods we take for granted such as Miracle Whip and Campbell"s soups."
Wick joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty as Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science in 1959 and "developed food systems for the newly formed astronaut corporations" She became associate dean of students in 1965 and in 1968 was the first woman faculty member to receive tenure at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Wick became dean of faculty at Mount Holyoke College in 1973 and later served as special assistant to the president for long-range planning before retiring in 1986.
Membership
She served as a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation from 1978-1983, and was its first female member.
