[1] Elson worked for two decades as a Canadian newspaper reporter.
[1] In 1943, he joined Time, Inc., and held a variety of editorial and executive positions at Time, Fortune and Life magazines.
[1] In 1968, he published a corporate-approved history called Time Inc.: The Intimate History of a Publishing Enterprise , edited by Duncan Norton-Taylor.
[1] Elson had two sons and three daughter, including Time writer John T.
[1] He died age 80 of complications following a stroke on March 11, 1987, at Southampton Hospital on Long Island.