Betty Lu Nelson

Background

Nelson, Betty Lu was born on March 26, 1939 in Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Poe Swafford and Elizabeth Jane (Irons) Herden.

Education

Bachelor, San Francisco State University, 1972.

Career

Primary grade reading specialist, Jefferson Elementary School District, Daly City, California, 1975-1977; 2d grade classroom teacher, Jefferson Elementary School District, Daly City, California, 1977-1978; 2d-6th grade teacher of gifted, Jefferson Elementary School District, Daly City, California, 1978-1986; 4th and 5th grade classroom teacher, Jefferson Elementary School District, Daly City, California, 1986-1991; kindergarten-3rd grade teacher of gifted, Moorestown (New Jersey) Township Public Schools, since 1992. Member commission on multi-cultural strategic planning Mount Laurel Township Schools,1992.

Achievements

• Betty Lu Nelson has been listed as a noteworthy Elementary educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Coord. homeless shelter 1st Presbyterian Church, Mount Holly, New Jersey, 1991-1992. Member Moorestown Education Association, Gifted and Talented Consortium of WesternBurlington County.

Interests

• Avocations: sewing, hiking, camping.

Connections

Married Davis Ray Nelson, October 12, 1957. Children: Dennis Ray, Diana Ruth Nelson Minnelli, Deborah Reneé Nelson DeFilippo.

Father:

Poe Swafford Herden

Mother:

Elizabeth Jane (Irons) Herden

Spouse:

Davis Ray Nelson

child:

Diana Ruth Nelson Minnelli Nelson

child:

Dennis Ray Nelson

child:

Deborah Reneé Nelson DeFilippo Nelson