Mr. Emerson, Secret Scientist.

As you may or may not know, Mr. Emerson has been subbing for Mrs. Morsa for the past month. He has his own Wikipedia page and has had some really cool jobs. Read on to learn about his past and how he got to where he is now.

 

How did you end up teaching?

 

  • I had always thought about teaching math but I never got a chance to do it. Originally I did tutoring to be helpful but I realized the school needed help with long term breaks for teachers. My choice for subbing at Friends’ Central was partially influenced by the fact that my kids went there.

 

What other jobs have you had?

 

  • I was both a physician and a scientist for forty years. I was also the president of Haverford College for five years.
  • I would run a laboratory with other scientists doing tests on blood cells, but I also took care of patients with blood and cancer diseases.

 

What high school did you go to?

 

  • Great Neck South Senior High School in suburban New York.
  • I dropped out of high school after my junior year because I was bored of high school, and desperately wanted to start college.

 

What was your connection to Friends’ Central School?

 

  • My kids went to FCS

 

Which fields do you have PhDs in?

 

  • Cell biology  

 

What sport did you play

 

  • Soccer, I really wanted to play basketball but I wasn’t tall enough

 

 

Dr. Emerson has had a very interesting life as you can tell. He dropped out of high school, was a college president and worked as a doctor for forty years, but he always wanted to work as a teacher and that is where ended up.

 

by Theo Dankoff ’24 and Theo Schenck ’24

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