Albert R. Ellingwood

Elmer Albert Russell Ellingwood (22 June 1887 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa – 12 May 1934 ) was a pioneering mountaineer and climber in the western United States during the first half of the twentieth century. He made first ascents of many peaks and routes in the Rocky Mountains, particularly in Colorado, including Lizard Head in the San Juan Mountains, Ellingwood Ridge on La Plata Peak in the Sawatch Range, and Crestone Needle in the Sangre de Cristo Range.

Ellingwood died during a medical procedure at the age of 46. At that time he was assistant dean at Northwestern University. Ellingwood was a Rhodes Scholar at Merton College, Oxford, from 1910 to 1913, and later became Professor of Political Science at Colorado College.

Personal life He was married to Rea Schimpeler and had two sons, Robert Whitcomb and Donald.