William Henry "Big Doc" Emerson (June 17, 1860[1] – November 13, 1924[2]) was an American chemistry professor and dean at Georgia Tech.

[1] Emerson spent the next several years as an officer in the U.S. Navy before enrolling in graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University in October 1883.

[1] The Class of 1924 and the ANAK Society gifted a portrait of William Henry Emerson to Georgia Tech in 1924, following his death.

[4] The William Henry Emerson Building, erected in 1925 by architects R. S. Pringle and Francis P. Smith, is located in the Georgia Institute of Technology Historic District.

[6] The building houses Georgia Tech's Accounting, Capital Planning and Space Management, and Internal Auditing departments.