James Arly Nelson

Background

Nelson, James Arly was born on February 8, 1943 in Livingston, Texas, United States. Son of Oscar Curtis and Cecile Lorene (Jacobs) Nelson.

Education

Bachelor of Science Pharmacy, U. Houston, 1965; Master of Science Pharmaceutical Chemistry, U. Houston, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy Pharmacology, University Texas Medical Branch, 1970; postgraduate, Brown U., 1970-1972.

Career

Laboratory instructor, U. Houston, 1965-1967; National Institutes of Health individual predoctoral fellow, University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1967-1970; assistant professor, University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1976-1979; postdoctoral fellow, Brown U., Providence, Rhode Island, 1970-1972; senior research biochemist, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, 1972-1976; associate professor, University Texas Medical Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 1979-1990; professor, University Texas Medical Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, since 1990; associate professor to professor, University Texas Medical School, Houston, since 1979. Consultant in field; visiting scientist St. Thomas' Hospital, London, 1994. Lecturer numerous conferences and seminars in field worldwide.

Achievements

• James Arly Nelson has been listed as a noteworthy Pharmacologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association Cancer Research, American Society Pharmacol. Experimental Therapy Society, Texas Pharmaceutical Association (county professional affairs), Houston Galveston Area Society Hospital Pharmacists, Sigma Xi (board directors Rice U. chapter).

Connections

Married Martha Susan Tenorio, September 5, 1963 (divorced June 1983). Children: Kurtis Rafael, James Michael, Susana Michelle. Married Sharon Kay Denson, August 2, 1992.

Father:

Oscar Curtis Nelson

Mother:

Cecile Lorene (Jacobs) Nelson

Spouse:

Martha Susan Tenorio

Spouse:

Sharon Kay Denson

child:

Susana Michelle Nelson

child:

James Michael Nelson

child:

Kurtis Rafael Nelson