Editing Cesare Emiliani (section)

== Biography ==

Cesare Emiliani was born in [[Bologna]], [[Italy]]. His parents were Luigi and Maria (Manfredini) Emiliani.

Emiliani studied geology at the [[University of Bologna]] in post-war [[Italy]] and earned his degree in Geology (micropaleontology) also at Bologna in 1945. After graduation he worked as a micropaleontologist with the Società Idrocarburi Nazionali in [[Florence, Italy|Florence]] from 1946–48. In 1948 he was offered and accepted the [[Rollin D. Salisbury]] Fellowship in the Department of Geology at the [[University of Chicago]] where he subsequently obtained his [[PhD]] in Geology (isotopic [[paleoclimatology]]) in 1950. From 1950 to 1956 he was Research Associate in [[Harold Urey]]’s [[Geochemistry]] Laboratory in the [[Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies]] at the [[University of Chicago]].

In 1957 Cesare Emiliani was working on [[Foraminifera]] (microscopic protists whose remains are greatly abundant in the fossil record) and was particularly interested in great climate changes known to have occurred during the Pleistocene Age. He was sure these tiny shells deposited in the ubiquitous ooze that coats the sea bottom held important clues. For that reason he was looking at the time for a place to work where there were ships and trained personnel to help him to obtain core samples of the deep-sea sediments for his studies. An interview with Dr. Walton Smith convinced Cesare that the [[University of Miami]]’s Institute of Marine Science, which was renamed the [[Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science]], was the right place to conduct his research and thus he moved there that same year. In 1967 he was named Chairman of the Division of Geology and Geophysics at the Institute. At that time he organized the department of Geological Sciences on the main campus of the [[University of Miami]] and remained its Chairman until his retirement in 1993.

He died in [[Palm Beach Gardens, Florida]] in 1995. He was survived by his wife Rosita (d. 2010), son Mario, and daughter Sandra. Memorial tributes were written by colleagues.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lidz |first1=Barbara H. |title=A tribute to Cesare Emiliani—Eminent scholar, professor, and friend |journal=Marine Micropaleontology |date=November 1995 |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=219–220 |doi=10.1016/0377-8398(95)90000-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hay |first1=W. W. |last2=Zakevich |first2=E |title=Cesare Emiliani (1922-1995): the founder of paleoceanography. |journal=International Microbiology |date=March 1999 |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=52-4 |pmid=10943392}}</ref>