Background
Nelson, Harland Stanley was born on August 11, 1925 in Hawley, Minnesota, United States. Son of Hartvig and Selma Mabel Nelson.
Nelson, Harland Stanley was born on August 11, 1925 in Hawley, Minnesota, United States. Son of Hartvig and Selma Mabel Nelson.
Bachelor, Concordia College, 1949. Master of Arts, Washington State University, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1959.
Instructor English University Missouri, Columbia, 1951-1953. Technical writer Honeywell Company, Minneapolis, 1953. Public relations newswriter Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1953-1955.
Instructor English University Connecticut, Storrs, 1959-1962. Assistant professor English Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1962, associate professor English, 1963-1967, professor English, 1967-1992. Retired, 1992
Fulbright professor American literature University Bergen, Norway, 1967-1968, University Innsbruck, Austria, 1972-1973.
Symposium evaluator Iowa Humanities Board, Grinnell College, 1987. Curriculum consultant Lutheran Educational Conference, 1980-1981. Honorary visiting research fellow Victorian studies center University Leicester, England, 1985.
With United States Army Air Force, 1944-1945.
Director Consortium Agriculture and World Hunger Luther College, Coe College, Cornell College, Grinnell College, 1981-1986. Congressional liaison Winneshiek County affiliate Habitat for Humanity, 1992—2009. Member Norwegian-American History Association, since 1985.
Church council, endowment committee Decorah Lutheran Church, 1986-2001, president, 2001. Board directors Decorah Betterment Association, 1980-1986. Member American Association of University Professors, Modern Language Association, Society Values Higher Education, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Corinne Lois Rye, December 3, 1954. Children: Hilary Mark, Sarah Marie, Catherine Louise.