Background
Elias, Houghton F. was born on December 22, 1911 in Wymore, Nebraska, United States. Son of Francis L. and Olive (Todd) Elias.
Elias, Houghton F. was born on December 22, 1911 in Wymore, Nebraska, United States. Son of Francis L. and Olive (Todd) Elias.
Bachelor of Science, University Nebraska, 1933. Doctor of Medicine, University Nebraska, Omaha, 1936.
Assistant instructor physiology University Nebraska, Omaha, 1933-1934. Resident in surgery University Rochester, New York, 1936-1937. Chief resident Cleveland Clinic, 1939-1940.
Chief surgical service Fort Crook Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota, 1941-1942. Medical director Civil Defense Gage County, 1945-1955. Chairman public relations Nebraska State Medical Association, 1954-1964.
Founder Hall of Health, 1955. Consultant Veterans Administration Hospital, Lincoln. Assistant professor surgery Creighton University.
Board directors Nebraska Blue Shield. Chairman Cancer Task Force Nebraska, South Dakota Served to lieutenant colonel United States Army, 1941-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American College of Surgeons (member Southwestern Surgical Congress since 1962, member credentials committee, president Nebraska chapter).
Member Nebraska State Medical Association(chairman public relations committee), Pan-Pacific Surgical Society, Southwestern Surgical Society, Nebraska (founder), Cleveland Clinic Alumni Association (president), Gage County History Society (life). Clubs: Manhattan Country (Kansas). Lodges: Elks.
Married Ruth Eleanor Bronson, September 15, 1934 (divorced 1948). Children: Sharon L., Houghton F. Junior. Married Jame Virginia Sutton, December 10, 1949.
Children: Jane F. Elliott, Julie Ann Hawley, John H.