Elmer Theodore Peterson

Background

Peterson, Elmer Theodore was born on June 23, 1884 in Algona, Iowa, United States. Son of Sven Peter and Emma Christina (Runbeck) Peterson.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Bethany College (Kansas), 1906, Doctor of Letters, 1928.

Career

Began as editor Lindsborg Record, 1905. Became editor and owner Cimarron (Kansas) Jacksonian, 1907. Telegraph editor Wichita Eagle, 1916.

Reporter Kansas City Star, 1917.

With Wichita Beacon, 1917-1927, resigning as editors Editor Better Homes and Gardens magazine, 1927-1937.

Later associate editor Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City.

Achievements

• Elmer Theodore Peterson has been listed as a noteworthy editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member City Planning Commission, Oklahoma City. Member Friends of the Land (member National board of directors. Member board directors Oklahoma City chapter), Sigma Delta Chirurgical

Mason.

Clubs: Men's Dinner (Oklahoma City).

Connections

Married Ora Webster, June 11, 1907. Children: Webster Theodore, Edwin Paul, Philip Erik.

Father:

Sven Peter Peterson

Mother:

Emma Christina (Runbeck) Peterson

Spouse:

Ora Webster

child:

Webster Theodore Peterson

child:

Edwin Paul Peterson

child:

Philip Erik Peterson