Lewis Cotesworth Emerson

Background

Emerson, Lewis Cotesworth was born on July 16, 1925 in Columbia, South Carolina. Son of Lewis Azro and Marion (Sanders) Emerson.

Education

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Georgia Technology, Atlanta, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, U. Tennessee, 1963.

Career

Electronic engineer, Engineering Experiment Station, Atlanta, 1948-1949; department head, UCC Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1959-1957; health physicist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1958-1983; physicist, Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory, 1984-1986; research staff member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, since 1986. Lecturer Vandrbilt U., 1964, U. Tennessee, 1965, Oak Ridge School Reactor Technology, 1964-1965.

Achievements

• Lewis Cotesworth Emerson has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, Oak Ridge, 1965-1984. With United States Army, 1943-1946. Member American Vacuum Society (chapter secretary 1984-1988, national secretary plasma science and technical division 1985-1988), Oak Ridge Amateur Radio Club (president since 1989).

Interests

• Avocations: amateur radio, outdoor sports, reading.

Connections

Married December 18, 1948. Children: John Parker, Anne, David Lewis.

Father:

Lewis Azro Emerson

Mother:

Marion (Sanders) Emerson

Spouse:

December 18

child:

John Parker Emerson

child:

David Lewis Emerson

child:

Anne Emerson