Background
Nelson, Joseph Conrad was born on September 20, 1926 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Joseph F. and Louise (Mairhuber) Nelson.
educator General lawyer business executive
Nelson, Joseph Conrad was born on September 20, 1926 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Joseph F. and Louise (Mairhuber) Nelson.
AB magna cum laude, University Rochester, 1947. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1949.
Bar: Michigan 1949, Illinois 1958, Missouri 1966, Texas 1967, District of Columbia 1991, Maryland. 1994, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1965. Attorney, New York City Railroad, Detroit, 1949-1952.
Attorney Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Lincolnshire Company, 1952-1956.
Assistant secretary American Louisiana Pipe Lincolnshire Company, Detroit, 1956-1958. Attorney Sears, Roebuck and Company, Chicago, 1958-1963, coordinator merchandise management commission on staff vice president merchandising, 1963-1965.
Secretary, general counselKellwood Company, Chicago and Saint Louis, 1965-1967. Secretary, general attorney Texas Industries, Incorporated. and subsidiary, Dallas, 1967-1972, vice president, 1969-1972, vice president, secretary, general counsel Centex Corporation, Dallas, 1972-1981, associate professor of law Texas Technical University, 1981-1982.
Vice president, general counsel, secretary Texas Industries Incorporated., Dallas, 1982-1985.
Visiting scholar/researcher Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1985-1986. Vice president, general counsel, secretary Overhead Door Corporation, Dallas, 1987-1990, legal consultant, 1990-1991. Consultant Office Economics Development, Montgomery County, Maryland.
Government, Rockville, 1992-1993.
Legal consultant Office County Attorney, Montgomery County, Rockville, 1993-1994. Lecturer Detroit College Law, 1950-1958, Graduate Program in International Management, University Texas-Dallas, 1984.
Member, scholarship committee Telluride Association Greater Detroit, 1956—1958. Dallas regional scholarship chairman University Rochester, 1969—1975. Legislation chairman Birmingham Parent-Teachers Association, Michigan, 1957—1958.
Chairman Winnetka Cancer Crusade, Illinois, 1964. Secretary Kellwood Foundation, 1965—1967. Board directors Chicago North Shore unit American Cancer Society, 1965, Dallas County Unit, 1968—1970.
Secretary & board directors Public Communication Foundation North Tex, 1969—1981. Trustee Dallas Symphony Orchestra, 1968—1973. Member of Harvard Law School Association (board directors, Dallas & Fort Worth chapter 1984-1985), District of Columbia Bar Association, Dallas Bar Association (chairman, Corporate Counsel section 1976-1977), Maryland Bar Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Order of Coif.
Married Anita Elizabeth Rougal, May 19, 1945 (deceased February 1982). Children: Lynn Louise Nelson Crow, Lisa Ann Nelson Harris. Married Maurine Helen Trautz, October 4, 1990.