Background
Nelson, Larry A. was born on October 28, 1932 in Omaha. Son of Rudolph Lawrence and Elizabeth Coleman (Lewis) Nelson.
consultant statistics educator
Nelson, Larry A. was born on October 28, 1932 in Omaha. Son of Rudolph Lawrence and Elizabeth Coleman (Lewis) Nelson.
Bachelor of Science in Agronomy, Iowa State University, 1954. Master of Science in Soil Science, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy in Soil Science-Statistics, North Carolina State University, 1961.
Soil scientist Iowa Agricultural Experimental Station, Ames, 1954-1955. Soils instructor Texas Agricultural and Industrial College, Kingsville, 1955. Research soil scientist Texas Agricultural and Mechanical Research Foundation, College Station, 1956.
Soils laboratory instructor Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1956-1958. Research assistant North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1959-1961. Assistant specialist in land classification Land Study Bureau, University Hawaii, Honolulu, 1961-1964.
Assistant professor experimental statistics North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1964-1966, associate professor experimental statistics, 1966-1971, professor statistics, 1971-1989, professor emeritus statistics, since 1989, coordinator Concade Project (Bolivia), 1999—2003, interim coordinator international programs College Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2002—2003, assistant dean for international programs College Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2003—2007. Special advisor head deputy statistics Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, 1973. Evaluator quantitative skills IADS, Bangladesh, 1984.
Member review team Center for Agricultural Economics and Center for Data Processing, Winrock International, Indonesia, 1985. Statistical consultant PROCAFE, El Salvador, 1993-1996, ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya, 1991-1995. Consultant Potash and Phosphate Institute Canada, China and India, 1990, 94, 96.
Partner Statistical Research Associates, Honolulu, 1962-1963. Board directors Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute, New Jersey, since 2005. Lecturer, teacher, consultant in field.
Member board North Carolina-Bolivia Partners of Americas, since 2007, GDC Corporation, since 2007. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Statistical Association (member biometrics section committee 1989-1990, member committee on international relations in statistics 1996-1998), American Society Agronomy, Soil Science Society of America. Member Statistical Association Thailand (life), International Biometric Society (business manager and treasurer 1969-1979, awards committee 1987-1994, chairman 1990-1993, committee on education 1997-1999, Rob Kempton award 2008), International Statistical Institute, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta (international president 1984-1986, award of merit 1973-1974, representative to American Association for the Advancement of Science 1978-1986), Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Iota Rho.