Background
Nelson, Mary Ellen Dickson was born on March 24, 1933 in Minneapolis. Daughter of William Alexander and Laura Winona (Baxter) Dickson.
Nelson, Mary Ellen Dickson was born on March 24, 1933 in Minneapolis. Daughter of William Alexander and Laura Winona (Baxter) Dickson.
Bachelor, Vassar College, 1954; postgraduate, Cambridge (England) University, 1954-1955.
Research associate, North America Life & Casualty Company, Minneapolis, 1955-1956; actuarial assistant, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, 1956-1958; actuary, David R. Kass & Associations, Cleveland, 1973-1974; president, Nelson & Company, Cleveland, 1975; president, Conrad, Nelson & Company, Cleveland, 1975-1981; president, Nelson & Company, Cleveland/Cincinnati, since 1981. Board directors Blount International, Inc., and its subsidiary, Blount, Inc., Montgomery, Alabama, Cincinnati Bell Inc., Union Control Life Insurance Company, Cincinnati.
Trustee Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Cincinnati. Fellow: Society Actuaries, Phi Beta Kappa. Member: American Academy Actuaries, Midwest Benefits Conference (chair 1991), Cincinnati Actuaries Club.
Married David Aldrich Nelson, August 25, 1956. Children: Frederick Dickson Nelson, Claudia Baxter Nelson, Caleb Edward Nelson.