in 1932. In 2018, the R. Emerson lifetime achievement award was named in his honor, and has since been awarded annually by the Maize Genetics Cooperation, an outgrowth of the community established by the maize news letter. References Morris, R. 1969. Rollins Adams Emerson. Nelson, OE. 1993. A Notable Triumvirate of Maize Geneticists Genetics 135:937-941 External links National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir 1873 births 1947 deaths American geneticists American botanists Cornell University faculty American medical researchers People from Jefferson County, New York People from Kearney County, Nebraska University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Harvard University alumni Scientists from New York (state)