Elias Robert Stevenson

Background

Stevenson, Elias Robert was born on August 29, 1882 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of Elias Gilbert and Mary Ann (Tighe) Stevenson.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1907.

Career

; children—Robert Irving, Sylvia Virginia. Married second Margaret Doreen Edwards, May 26, 1951. Began as reporter New Haven Palladium, 1903.

Reporter New Haven Register and New Haven Journal Courier, 1903-1907.

Instructor in English, Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta, 1907-1908. Teacher English, high school, Hartford, Connecticut, 1908-1909.

Reporter Springfield (Massachusetts) Republican, 1909-1912, feature writer, 1912-1914, city editor, 1914-1917. Editor Waterbury (Connecticut) Republican, 1917-1922, managing editor same also of Waterbury American, 1922-1927, editor in chief both newspapers, 1927-1949.

Achievements

• Elias Robert Stevenson has been listed as a noteworthy newspaper editors by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Connecticut Safety Commission, American Society of Newspaper. Mason.; Clubs: Waterbury, Rotary, University, Green Mountain, Waterbury Country.

Connections

Married Alice Louise Armbruster, June 30, 1909 (deceased. Married second Margaret Doreen Edwards, May 26, 1951. Children: Robert Irving, Sylvia Virginia.