Background
Nelson, Arthur Hunt was born on May 21, 1923 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Carl Ferdinand and Hearty (Brown) Nelson.
Nelson, Arthur Hunt was born on May 21, 1923 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Carl Ferdinand and Hearty (Brown) Nelson.
Bachelor of Arts Kansas, 1943. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1949.
Staff radiation laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1943-1944; senior engineer, consultant, Raytheon Manufacturing Company, Boston, 1948-1952; private practice, Boston, 1949; vice president, treasurer, director, General Electronic laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1951-1964; Chairman of the Board, General Electronic laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1959-1963; treasurer, director, Science Electronics, Inc., Cambridge, 1955-1964; treasurer, director, Associations for International Research, Inc., Cambridge, since 1954; president, Associations for International Research, Inc., Cambridge, since 1968; treasurer, director, Victor Realty Development, Inc., Cambridge, 1959-1976; president, Victor Realty Development, Inc., Cambridge, 1972-1976; general partner, Victor Realty Development, Inc., Cambridge, since 1976; general partner, Prospect Hill Executive Office Park, Waltham, Massachusetts, since 1977; chairman, Nelson Companies, since 1990; chairman, Cambridge Development Laboratory, since 1994. Board of directors International Data Group, Inc., Sterling Bank. Chairman Cambridge Development Laboratory, Inc., since 1994.
President, trustee Technology Education Research Centers, Inc., since 1965. Trustee Winsor School, Boston, 1978-1988, treasurer, 1978-1982. Board directors Charles River Museum Industry, Waltham, since 1986, president since 1994, president, director 128 Business Council Inc., since 1987, History Waltham Inc., since 1996, American Computer Federation Inc., since 1996, Charles River Public Internet Center Inc., since 1996.
Ensign United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, Boston Computer Society (board directors 1985-1997, chairman 1994-1997), Greater Boston City of C., Harvard Club Boston, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Eleanor Thomas, December 27, 1954. Children: Carl F., Frances, Pamela.