Background
Elbrick, Charles Burke was born on March 25, 1908 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Charles J. and Lillian (Burke) Elbrick.
Elbrick, Charles Burke was born on March 25, 1908 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Charles J. and Lillian (Burke) Elbrick.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, 1929.
Vice consul, Panama, Canal Zone, 1931. Student Foreign Service School, 1932. Vice consul Southampton, England, 1932-1934.
3d secretary Portuguese-au-Prince, 1934-1937, Warsaw, Poland, 1937-1938, Praha, 1938-1939, Warsaw, Poland, 1939, Bucharest, 1939, Warsaw (Angers, France), 1939-1940, Madrid, Spain, 1940.
Vice consul Lisbon, Portugal, 1940-1941. 3d secretary Lisbon, Portugal, 1941, 2d secretary, 1941-1943, Tangier, 1934-1944.
Division of African Affairs, Department of State, 1944-1945. 1st secretary, Warsaw, Poland, 1945.
Assistant chief, Division Eastern European Affairs.
Department State, 1946-1948. Student National War College, 1948-1949. Counselor of embassy, Habana, 1949-1951.
Counselor North. Atlantic Council Delegation London, 1951, Paris, 1952-1953.
Deputy assistant secretary of state, Department of State, 1953-1956, assistant secretary of state, 1957-1958. American ambassador to Portugal, 1958-1963.
American ambassador to Yugoslavia, Belgrade, 1964-1969, Brazil, 1969-1983.
Member Phi Delta Theta. Clubs: Metropolitan. Chevy Chase (Washington).
Married Elvira Lindsay Johnson, July 27, 1932. Children: Alfred Johnson, Valerie Burke.