Cherry L. Emerson Papers, 1941-1958.

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Cherry L. Emerson Papers, 1941-1958.

Papers include correspondence, financial records, printed material, and reports, documenting the Southern Polytechnic State University, Georgia Tech Research Institute, and the Engineering Experiment Station.

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Georgia Institute of Technology. Engineering Experiment Station

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The Engineering Experiment Station was approved by an act of the Georgia Legislature in 1919 and formally established in 1934. The purpose of this facility was to support Georgia's economic, industrial, scientific, and technological development through advanced engineering research. On October 1, 1984, the name of the Engineering Experiment Station was changed to the Georgia Tech Research Institute to better illustrate the interdisciplinary nature of the facility's work. From the des...

Emerson, Cherry L. (Cherry Logan), -1959.

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Cherry Logan Emerson ( -1959), the son of Georgia Tech's first dean, Dr. William Henry Emerson, graduated from Georgia Tech in 1909 and embarked upon a successful engineering career which included many years with Robert & Company. He returned to Georgia Tech in 1945 as Dean of Engineering and was named Vice-President in 1948. He left Georgia Tech in 1955, and died in 1959. From the description of Cherry L. Emerson Papers, 1941-1958. (Georgia Institute of Technology). WorldCat rec...

Cudd, Herschel Herbert, 1912-

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Southern Polytechnic State University (Marietta, Ga.)

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Georgia Tech Research Institute

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The Engineering Experiment Station (EES) was created by the General Assembly of Georgia in 1919 to develop natural resources, industries and commerce in Georgia. The EES did not become an active unit until 1934 due to an initial lack of funding. Starting in 1946, EES began to receive federal funding and contracts which allowed it to experience an extended period of growth during the 1950-1960s. It was during this period that EES began to do research and development projects for the federal defen...

Callaway, Paul K.

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Rosselot, Gerald S.

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Van Leer, Blake Ragsdale, 1893-1956.

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