Don Jerome Nelson

Background

Nelson, Don Jerome Son of Irvin Andrew and Agnes Emelia (Nissen) Nelson.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Nebraska, 1953; Master of Science, U. Nebraska, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1962.

Career

Member technical staff, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Manhattan, New York, 1953, 55; instructor, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1955-1958; from assistant to associate professor, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1960-1963; director computer center, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1963-1972; professor electrical engineering, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, since 1967; professor computer science, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, since 1969; co-director Center Comm. & Information Science, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1988-1991; director research computing group, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1993-1997; general manager, Interactive Information Research and Development, since 1997. Consultant Union Life Insurance, Lincoln, 1973, Nebraska Public Power District, Columbus, 1972-1983, Taiwan Power Company, Taipei, 1974.

Achievements

• Don Jerome Nelson has been listed as a noteworthy science educator, engineering by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1953-1955. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior, Outstanding Faculty award 1989), Association Computing Machinery.

Connections

Father:

Irvin Andrew Nelson

Mother:

Agnes Emelia (Nissen) Nelson