Background
Welty, Elmer Elias was born on September 3, 1906 in Pandora, American Legion, Reserve Son of Elias and Elizabeth (Amstutz) Welty.
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Elmer Elias Welty
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Elmer Elias Welty, lawyer, retired army officer. Bar: Ohio 1928, Japan 1949. Decorated Bronze Star, China medal. Member of American Bar Association, American ClOhio, Mil Order World Wars, Retired Officers Association, Res Officers Association, American Legion, American Society International Law, Dai Ichi Bar Association, Ohio Bar Association, Explorers (New York City), Bohemian (San Francisco).
Education
Graduate Asiatic Affairs Course, Yale University. Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Ohio Northern University.
Assistant City Solicitor, Lima, Ohio, 1929-1933.
Prosecuting Attorney, Logan County, Ohio, 1941-1946. Assistant Director, Foreign Property Division, cost per click, GHQ-Supreme Command Allies Pacific, 1946-1949.
Career
With Ohio National Guard, 1926—1933. Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Army, 1933. Advanced through grades to colonel, 1949.
Retired, 1978; served China, 1943—1945. Partner Welty, Shimeall and Kasari International, Tokyo, 1949—1978. Of counsel Pompano Beach, Florida, 1978—1987, St. Augustine, since 1987.
Achievements
Membership
Served with Ohio National Guard, 1926-1933. Member American Bar Association, Ohio Bar Association, Dai Ichi Bar Association, American Society International Law, Interamerican Bar Association, World Peace Through Law (charter. Club of Tokyo (past president, board of Governors 1948-1964).
Clubs: Bohemian (San Francisco).
Lodge: Elks (past exalted ruler). Died January 1992.
Connections
Married Dorothy Tolford, June 1929. 1 child Nancy Lee; Married Gertrude Kintzer, June 1936 (divorced 1946). Children: Linda Ann, Rebecca Lou, Richard Edward.
Married Lyla Rogers, February 23, 1946.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Republican
Career
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1928
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1949