Edward Blake Nelson

Background

Nelson, Edward Blake was born on December 12, 1943 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edward Julius and Elizabeth Jane (Blake) Nelson.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, Pennsylvania State University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, Michigan State University, 1970; Doctor of Medicine, University Texas Medical School, 1974.

Career

Assistant professor pharmaceutical, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1976-1979; attending faculty, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, 1979-1989; senior director, Merck Research Laboratory, West Point, Pennsylvania, 1989-1994; vice president medical, McNeil Consumer Products, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, since 1994.

Achievements

• Edward Blake Nelson has been listed as a noteworthy Medical products executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Sping Branch School Board, Houston, 1985-1989. Fellow American College of Physicians. Member American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Kirsten Ravn, Dec.12, 1964. Children: Edward R., Inga Kirsten.

Father:

Edward Julius Nelson

Mother:

Elizabeth Jane (Blake) Nelson

Spouse:

Kirsten Ravn

child:

Inga Kirsten Nelson

child:

Edward R. Nelson