Background
Nelson, Norman Crooks was born on July 24, 1929 in Hibbing, Minnesota, United States. Son of Sander Noble and Lillian Olive (Olsen) Nelson.
academic administrator educator Surgeon
Nelson, Norman Crooks was born on July 24, 1929 in Hibbing, Minnesota, United States. Son of Sander Noble and Lillian Olive (Olsen) Nelson.
Bachelor of Science, Tulane University, 1951. Doctor of Medicine, Tulane University, 1954.
Intern, Charity Hospital Louisiana, New Orleans, 1954-1955; resident, Charity Hospital Louisiana, 1958-1962; United States Public Health Service fellow, National Institute Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital, 1962-1963; private practice, Houston, 1955-1956; instructor surgery, School Medicine, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, 1963-1965; assistant professor, School Medicine, Louisiana State University, 1965-1968; associate professor, School Medicine, Louisiana State University, 1968-1971; professor, associate dean School Medicine, Louisiana State University, 1969-1971; dean School Medicine, Louisiana State University, 1971-1973; vice chancellor health affairs, dean School Medicine, professor surgery, U. Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, 1973-1994; vice chancellor health affairs emeritus, professor surgery emeritus, U. Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, 1993-1994.
Captain Army of the United States, 1956-1958. Fellow American College of Surgeons, Southeastern Surgical Congress. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, Association Academy Surgery, Association American Medical Colleges, Central Medical Society Mississippi, Endocrine Society, James D. Rives Surgical Society (founders group), Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Mississippi Medical Association, Mississippi Hospital Association (honorary), New Orleans Surgical Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Society Head and Neck Surgeons, Society University Surgeons, American Surgical Association, Southern Surgical Association, Society Internationale de Chirurge, Surgical Association Louisiana (president 1973), Allen O. Whipple Surgical Society, University Club (Jackson), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Omicron Kappa Upsilon (honorary), Alpha Eta Society.
Married Annie Lee Pitre, June 25, 1955. Children— Norman, Charles, Jennifer.