Background
Nelson, Everett John was born on October 18, 1900 in Castle Rock, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of John C. and Annie (Raphaelson) Nelson.
Nelson, Everett John was born on October 18, 1900 in Castle Rock, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of John C. and Annie (Raphaelson) Nelson.
Bachelor of Arts Washington, 1923. AM, Harvard University, 1928. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1929.
Postgraduate, Göttingen, Freiburg, and Sorbonne, Paris.
Assistant in philosophy, U. Washington, summer, 1923;
assistant professor, U. Washington, 1930-1934;
associate professor, U. Washington, 1934-1943;
professor philosophy, U. Washington, 1941-1952;
Executive officer department philosophy, U. Washington, 1947-1952;
assistant in philosophy, Harvard University, 1927. Visiting professor University of Chicago, winter 1949, Harvard University, summer 1949, Columbia University, summer 1951. Professor philosophy Ohio State University, from 1952, department chairman philosophy, 1952-1968.
Summer visiting professor at various universities.
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1944. Member American Association of University Professors, Association Symbolic Logic, American Philosophical Association (president Pacific division 1946, Western division 1966-1967), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Cecilia Williamson, May 1, 1943. Children: Robert John, Philip Reynolds Nelson, Eliot Clark.
