Background
Mcelwain, Henry Ely was born on June 19, 1891 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry E. and Isabel (Hazen) Mcelwain.
Mcelwain, Henry Ely was born on June 19, 1891 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry E. and Isabel (Hazen) Mcelwain.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1912. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1915.
Admitted to Ohio bar, 1915, Kentucky bar, 1919 and since practiced in Louisville. Member McElwain, Dinning, Clarke & Winstead.
Member McElwain, Dinning, Clarke & Winstead. Member Louisville Civil Service Board, 1945-1957. Served as captain, United States Army, 1917-1919.
Member Louisville (president 1934-1935), Kentucky State (president 1942-1943) and American bar associations, American Judicature Society, American Law Institute, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Clubs: Country, Pendennis.
Married Elizabeth Ward Callahan, June 19, 1915 (deceased). Married second, Iva Louise Oliver Embry Castner, December 21, 1955. Children: Robert Parker, Lawrence Kent.