Editing Elbert Tuttle (section)

==Education and early career==

Tuttle was born in [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], [[California]]. In 1906, his family moved to [[Hawaii]] where he attended [[Punahou School]]. In October 1910, he and his brother Malcolm built and flew the first glider in Hawaii.

Tuttle graduated from [[Cornell University]] in [[Ithaca, New York|Ithaca]], [[New York (state)|New York]] in 1918 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree.  Tuttle was the editor in chief of [[The Cornell Daily Sun]]. He was also the founder of the Beta Theta chapter of [[Pi Kappa Alpha]] [[Fraternities and sororities|Fraternity]] at Cornell and was a member of the [[Sphinx Head Society]]. He then fought in [[World War I]] in the [[United States Army]] Air Service from 1918 to 1919.

Tuttle received a [[Bachelor of Laws]] from [[Cornell Law School]], where he served as editor-in-chief of the ''[[Cornell Law Review|Cornell Law Quarterly]]'', in 1923.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Elson|first1=Charles M.|title=Remembering Judge Elbert P. Tuttle, Sr.|journal=Cornell Law Review|date=1996|volume=82|issue=1|pages=15–18|url=http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/research/cornell-law-review/upload/Elson.pdf|accessdate=9 February 2018}}</ref> He was a reporter for the ''[[New York Evening World]]'' for several years while attending law school.