Background
Nelson, Ralph was born on June 19, 1927 in Minneapolis. Son of Alfred Walter Nelson and Lydia (nee Johnson) Nelson.
Nelson, Ralph was born on June 19, 1927 in Minneapolis. Son of Alfred Walter Nelson and Lydia (nee Johnson) Nelson.
Bachelor of Arts, University Minnesota, 1949; Doctor of Medicine, University Minnesota, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1961.
Intern, Cook County (Illinois) Hospital, 1953-1954;
resident, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, 1954-1955;
resident, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1955-1956;
fellow in physiology, Mayo Graduate School, Rochester, Minnesota, 1957-1960;
resident in internal medicine, Mayo Graduate School, Rochester, Minnesota, 1976-1978;
practice medicine specializing in internal medicine and clinical nutrition, Sioux Falls, South Dakot, 1978-1979;
practice medicine specializing in internal medicine and clinical nutrition, Urbana, Illinois, since 1979. Board directors Scott Research Laboratory, Fairview Park Hospital, Cleveland, 1962-1967. Associate in physiology Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1962-1967.
Assistant professor physiology Mayo Graduate School, 1967-1973, Mayo Medical School, 1973, associate professor.nutrition, 1974. Consultant in nutrition Mayo Clinic, 1967-1976. Associate professor medicine U. South Dakot School Medicine, Sioux Falls, 1978-1979.
Professor nutrition University of Illinois College Medicine, Urbana-Champaign, since 1979, department chairman medicine professor nutritional science, physiology, biophysics department food science School Agriculture, since 1979, also professor medicine, executive head department internal medicine, since 1989. Director research Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, since 1979. Consultant nutritional support service Danville (Illinois) Veterans Administration Hospital., since 1980.
Cons. in nutrition National Cancer Institute, 1976. Consultant in nutrition Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1976, 79, 89, National Heart and Lung Institute, 1976. Served with United States Air Force, 1945-1947.
Member American Physiological Society, American Institute Nutrition, American Society Clinical Nutrition, Central Society Clinical Research, American Gastroenterological Association.
Married Rosemary Pokela, August 7, 1954. Children— Edward Ancher, Audrey Anne, Elizabeth Marie, Andrew William, Evan Robert.