Background
Bates, Lewis Elon was born on September 27, 1910 in Rawlins, Wyoming, United States. Son of Charles Emerson and Edith May (Magor) Bates.
Bates, Lewis Elon was born on September 27, 1910 in Rawlins, Wyoming, United States. Son of Charles Emerson and Edith May (Magor) Bates.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Wyoming, 1933.
Reporter Republican-Boomerang, Laramie, Wyoming, 1929-1932, Laramie Bulletin, 1933-1934, Wyoming Eagle, Cheyenne, 1936-1940. News editor Wyoming State Tribune, 1941-1944, managing editor, 1944-1948, editor, 1948-1961. Wyoming public relations director Sperry and Hutchinson Company, from 1962.
Chairman Keep Wyoming Green Association, Laramie County Cancer Crusade.
Member Wyo.
Married Helen Elsie Lang, June 5, 1937. Children: George Lang, Dana Magor.