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:''For this person's father, Cherry Logan Emerson, Sr., see Cherry Logan Emerson (engineer).'' Cherry Logan Emerson, Jr. (September 30, 1916 – April 29, 2007〔(【引用サイトリンク】 accessdate=2008-02-01 )〕) was an American chemist, businessman, and philanthropist. ==Life== Cherry Logan Emerson, Jr. was born in 1916 and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the son of Cherry Logan Emerson, Sr., the dean of engineering at the Georgia Tech, and the grandson of William Henry Emerson, Georgia Tech's first dean. As a child, Emerson had a talent for mathematics, foreshadowing a career in science and engineering.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 accessdate=2008-02-01 )〕 Despite his father and grandfather's affiliations with Georgia Tech, Emerson chose instead to attend Emory University in Atlanta, earning both a B.A. (1938) and M.A. (1939) in chemistry. He went on to earn an M.S. in chemical engineering at MIT under the tutelage of Warren K. Lewis.〔 During this time, Emerson courted Lewis' daughter, Mary, and the two were married in 1942.〔 After graduating from MIT, Emerson founded the Emerson & Cuming Company in 1948 with his partner, William Cuming. 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.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cherry Logan Emerson (chemist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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