Background
Nelson, Gaylord Anton was born on June 4, 1916 in Clear-Lake, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Anton and Mary (Bradt) Nelson.
Nelson, Gaylord Anton was born on June 4, 1916 in Clear-Lake, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Anton and Mary (Bradt) Nelson.
Clear Lake High School (Polk County, Wisconsin), San Jose State College, California, and Wisconsin University Law School.
Practiced in, Madison, 1946-1958. Member Wisconsin Senate, 1949-1958, Democratic leader, 1948-1952. Governor State of Wisconsin, Madison, 1958-1962.
United States senator from Wisconsin, 1963-1981. Member finance committee, chairman subcommittee on Social Security. Chairman employment, poverty and migratory labor subcommittee of human resources committee.
Chairman select committee on small business, chairman monopoly subcommittee.
Author: Environmental Education Act, 1970, National Environmental Education Act, 1972. Co-author: The National Teacher Corps, 1965.
Founder Earth Day, 1969, Counselor Wilderness Society, Washington, 1981-1905. 1st lieutenant Army of the United States, World World War World War II. Member State Bar Association Wisconsin.
Married Carrie Lee Dotson, November 14, 1947. Children– Gaylord, Cynthia, Jeffrey.