Background

Nelson, George Leonard was born on August 27, 1897 in Salt Lake City. Son of Axel Christian and Josephine (Andersen) Nelson.

Education

Student, George Washington University, 1917. Juris Doctor, George Washington University, 1922.

Career

Partner, Romney, Nelson & Cassity (formerly Romney & Nelson), from 1922; now of counsel, Romney, Nelson & Cassity (formerly Romney & Nelson) deputy county attorney, Salt Lake County, 1923-1926; president, Deseret News Public Company, Salt Lake City, 1963-1966; board directors, Deseret News Public Company, Salt Lake City, 1951-1966; vice president, board directors, Newspaper Agency Corporation, 1963-1966. Past member rules and investigating committees Utah State Bar.

Achievements

• Bar: Utah 1922, Court Appeals for District of Columbia 1922, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1957.

Views

Salvation is eternal life. The ideal of salvation is to live forever as a family in the highest heaven of the celestial kingdom.

Membership

Member Citizens Advisory Committee Capital Improvements Salt Lake City. Trustee Doctor W.H. Groves Latter-day Saints Hospital, 1951-1967. Served with United States Naval Reserve Force, 1917-1919.

Member Inter-American Bar Association, American College Probate Counsel, Phi Delta Phi, Sigma Chi.

Connections

Married Ila Emms, August 19, 1925 (deceased September 27, 1973). Children: Gayle (Mistress Donn E. Cassity), George Leonard, Robert Lee. Married Elva Son of Heslington, March 20, 1975.

Father:

Heslington Nelson

Father:

Axel Christian Nelson

Mother:

Josephine (Andersen) Nelson

Spouse:

Elva Son of Heslington

Spouse:

Ila Emms

child:

George Leonard Nelson

child:

Robert Lee Nelson

child:

Gayle Nelson (Mistress Donn E. Cassity)