As a nutritional anthropologist, educator and volunteer, Lillian "Lin" Emmons has fostered healthy eating for individuals and communities and is committed to Case Western Reserve's success.
Emmons spent 15 years as the nutritionist at Comprehensive Psychiatric Services in Beachwood, Ohio, counseling people with eating disorders. She also taught community nutrition as an adjunct professor at Cleveland State University.
As a researcher, she studied the effectiveness of food assistance programs at Cornell University and continued that work locally with various nonprofit organizations. She also conducted the first survey of nutrition services in Northeast Ohio and published a guide to them.
As a philanthropist and CWRU volunteer, Emmons received the 2019 Notable Woman of the Year Award from the university's Flora Stone Mather Center for Women and funded its Journal for Women and Gender Centers in Higher Education.
She also supports the campus National Youth Sports Program, a camp that draws hundreds of children in Greater Cleveland to CWRU for sports, educational enrichment, nutrition and health services. "It's a good example of a university reaching out to its immediate community," Emmons said.
This piece, written by Lauren Dangel, originally appeared in the Fall/Winter 2024 issue of Think Magazine.