Robert T. Elson

Background

Elson, Robert T. was born on June 21, 1906 in Cleveland. Son of John Truscott and Katharine (Logue) Elson.

Education

Student, University British Columbia.

Career

Reporter, Vancouver (B.C.) Daily Province, 1924-1928; promotion manager, Winnipeg (Manitoba) Tribune, 1930-1932; sports editor, Vancouver Daily Province, 1932-1934; news editor, Vancouver Daily Province, 1934-1939; editor, public, Vancouver News-Herald, 1939; Washington correspondent, Southam Newspapers of Canada, 1941-1943; Washington correspondent, London Daily Mail associate editor, Time Magazine, 1943-1944; Washington chief, Time, Inc., 1944-1948; chief correspondence, Time, Inc., 1949-1950; assistant managing editor, Life, 1950-1954; deputy managing editor, Life, 1954-1960; general manager, Life, 1957-1960; London chief correspondent, Time, Life, Fortune, Sports Illustrated magazines, 1960-1987; former corporation historian.

Achievements

• Robert T. Elson has been listed as a noteworthy journalist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Fullbright communications of United Kingdom, Council Foreign Relations, Reform Club, St. James Press Club, National Press Club, Overseas Writers Club, Metropolitan Club of Washington.

Connections

Married Georgina E. MacKinnon, December 28, 1928. Children: John Truscott, Katharine Ellen, Elizabeth, Brigid Mary, Robert Anthony.

Father:

John Truscott Elson

Mother:

Katharine (Logue) Elson

Spouse:

Georgina E. MacKinnon

child:

Elizabeth Elson

child:

Brigid Mary Elson

child:

Robert Anthony Elson

child:

John Truscott Elson

child:

Katharine Ellen Elson