Background
Yelton, Elmer Emerson was born on March 14, 1914 in Mukden, China, (parents American citizens). Son of Elmer and Bess (Marxmiller) Yelton.
Yelton, Elmer Emerson was born on March 14, 1914 in Mukden, China, (parents American citizens). Son of Elmer and Bess (Marxmiller) Yelton.
Bachelor, Hamilton College, 1934. Master of Arts, University Cincinnati, 1935. Postgraduate Pembroke College, Cambridge (England) University, 1958-1959.
; children: Marjorie Ann Yelton Wilson. Married second, Jo Hodges, July 14, 1956. With United States Foreign Service, State Department, 1945-1974.
Vice consul, Nairobi, Kenya, 1946-1948.
3d secretary, vice consul, Tangier, Morocco, 1949-1951. Consul-in-charge, Luanda, Angola, 1951-1954.
Consul, coordinator refugee relief program, Bonn, Germany, 1954-1956. 2d secretary, consul, Vientiane, Laos, 1956-1957, Saigon, Vietnam, 1957-1958.
Assigned State Department, 1959-1964.
1st secretary, consul general, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1964-1969. Consul general, Tampico, Mexico, 1970, Hermosillo, Mexico, 1970-1974. Now professional hand bookbinder and lecturer, rare book collector, consultant.
Member American Institute Graphic Arts, Guild Book Workers, Hand Bookbinders California, United States Chess Federation, Bibliographical Society of America, Gleeson Library Associates, Phi Beta Kappa (delegate national convention 1934), Sigma Xi, Psi Upsilon.
Married Marian Loomis, May 28, 1942 (divorced 1951). Married second, Jo Hodges, July 14, 1956. Children: Marjorie Ann Yelton Wilson.