Background
Nelson, Janet Cooper was born on February 6, 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Ernest Arthur and Frances Grace (Murphy) Cooper.
Nelson, Janet Cooper was born on February 6, 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Ernest Arthur and Frances Grace (Murphy) Cooper.
AB, Wellesley College, 1971. Master of Education, Tufts University, 1972. Master of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School, 1980.
Intern Massachusetts Hospital School, Canton, 1971—1972. Social studies teacher Canton High School, 1972—1977. Intern, associate pastor Dartmouth College Church Christ, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1978—1984.
Dean. chapel Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1984—1988. Director religious life Vasaar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1988—1990. Chaplain Brown University, Providence, since 1990.
Board member, president Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome project Rhode Island, Providence, 1996—2004, Association College University Religious Affairs, since 1996. Visiting committee Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 2000.
Married Stephen J. Nelson, June 14, 1970. 1 child James Geoffrey.