Kottom Ray Nelson

Background

Nelson, Kottom Ray was born on June 23, 1931 in Biloxi, Mississippi, United States. Son of Elias and Addie A. (Miller) Nelson.

Education

Associate of Arts, San Bernardino Valley College, 1956; Bachelor, U. Redlands, 1958; Master of Arts, California Western U., 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Alabama, 1973.

Career

Boys secretary, camp director, Young Men’s Christian Association, San Bernardino, California, 1958-1961; associate executive, North Coast Young Men’s Christian Association, Vista, California, 1961-1964; psychologist, Baton Rouge Regional Mental Health Center, 1964-1966; state director committee programs for mentally retarded, Department Mental Retardation, Baton Rouge, 1966-1968; associate director, director management training program, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1968-1973; superintendent, Lynchburg (Virginia) Training school and Hospital, 1973-1981; commissioner development disabilities services, State Arkansas, Little Rock, 1981-1984; superintendent, Enid (Oklahoma) State School, 1984-1991; superintendent, Robert M. Greer Center, Enid, since 1991.

Achievements

• Kottom Ray Nelson has been listed as a noteworthy School superintendent by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • The Sterilization of Carrie Buck ( Notable Trials Library / Leather )

Membership

Served with United States Navy, 1951-1955. Fellow American Association On Mental Deficiency (counselor region 9, chairman, vice chairman), National Association Supts. Public Residential Facilities for the Mentally Retarded (secretary vice president, president).

Connections

Married Gloria Joann Young, July, 1956;children: Cherryl Ann, Kenneth Ray.

Father:

Elias Nelson

Mother:

Addie A. (Miller) Nelson

Spouse:

Gloria Joann Young

child:

Cherryl Ann Nelson

child:

Kenneth Ray Nelson