Evening star., 1961-02-10
Dr.. Elton,
ConsuItunt
In Chemistry

nationally known authority on
the chemistry Of fermentation,
died Wednesday Of q coronary
attack in West Palm Beach,
Fla. He lived at 1872 Juniper
street NV. and had just ar
rived In Florida for q Hacation
when stricken.
At his death. he headed the
Technical Representation Co..
q private chemical consultant
firm which he ran from his
home. Until recently he was
also president Of the van ESQ
Co. In Rotterdam, The Neither
lands, q family business which
specializes in furnishing sup
plies. chemicals, extracts and
spices to bakeries. he had been
engaged In these operations
since the end Of World War II.
Over the years DR.. Elton was
instrumental in the develop
ment Of many new processes
involved in making bakers
yeast and in. yeast-testing
methods. He was the author Of
many papers dealing with food
chemistry. i'y,
DR.. Elton was born in The
Hague, Netherlands. He was
the son Of Evalina and Dr.,
Henry Elton. His father was
for many years a noted chem
ist at the Heineken breweries
in that country.
The younger DR.. Elton stud.
led at the University Institute
of Technology, Delft, The
Netherlands. and was gradu-
ated magma cum laude from
the Pasteur Institute at the
University Of Paris in 1927.
The following year he be-
came associated with Labora-
tory for Fermentation Tech
nology and Applied Chemistry
at The Hague. He was manag-
ing director Of these labora-
tories and had served as Sec
retary general Of The Neither
lands Commission on Agricul-
tural Industries by the time he
left Europe in 1899 to come
to the United States. l..
He remained in New York
briefly as q consultant and re-
search chemist.
The family moved to WASH
ington in 1910, where DR.. Elton
headed the medical and scien-
tific section Of the Australian
War Supplies Procurement
Mission. In 1946 he left Gov
ernment service to set up his
own consultant firm here and
to rebuild the family company
In Holland, which had been
razed during the war.
DR.. Elton was q fellow in the
Royal Society Of Arts, London,
England, and an honorary pro-
fessor at the Institute of Fer
mentations at Ghent, Belgium.
In 1885 he was awarded the
French governments Order Of
Agricultural Merit.
In Washington, DR.. Elton
was at one time very active on
the board Of trustees Of the
Northminster Presbyterian
Church. In addition, he was
Q member Of the University
Club Of washington, the Ciyi.
tans and the Sherwood Forest
Club. rs ftl54
Besides his wife Ann, whom
he married In the Netherlands
in 1887, Or. Elton leaves q son,
Erik. and o daughter, Dorothy,
all Of the home address.
He also leaves two brothers
Max. Of Wassenaar. the Meth
erlandS, and Or. Leonard Elton
of Larchmont, N. Y, and o sis.
ter, Mrs. Josephine Harbury oi
Santa Barbara, Calf. t'
| Friends may call from 2 to
and from 2 to 8 pm. today al
the Warner 2. Pumphrey Flu.
neral Home, 8434 Georgia ave.
nue., Silver Spring, Md.
Funeral services viii be helC
at ! pm. tomorrow at thu
NorthminSter Presbyterian
Church. Kalmia road anc
Alaska avenue NV, and buria
will be in Parklawn Cemetery.
The family requests that ex.
pressions Of sympathy be in thu
form Of contributions to tht
American Heart Association.