Walter Gerald Nelson

Background

Nelson, Walter Gerald was born on January 2, 1930 in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter Dennis and Hazel Marie (Tucker) Nelson.

Education

Student, St. Benedict's College, Atchison, Kansas, 1949. Student, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, 1949. Juris Doctor, Creighton University, Omaha, 1952.

Career

Practice in, Peoria, 1955-1956; with, State Farm Life Insurance Company, Bloomington, Illinois, since 1956; counsel, State Farm Life Insurance Company, since 1968; vice president, State Farm Life Insurance Company, 1970-1996; Adjunct Professor, Illinois State University, Bloomington, since 1996. Past director Illinois Life Insurance Council. Past chairman legal section American Council LifeIns.

Speaker in field.

Achievements

• Walter Gerald Nelson has been listed as a noteworthy insurance company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Community board directors St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington, Illinois, 1994. Member American Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, Nebraska Bar Association, Association Life Insurance Counsel (Board of Governors, past president), National Organisation Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Assns. (past chairman, board directors), Bloomington Country Club, KC.

Connections

Married Mary Ann Olberding, January 28, 1952 (deceased November 1989). Children— Ann (Mistress Michael Larkin), Michael, Susan (Mistress Jay Boor), Patrick, Thomas, Timothy, Molly (Mistress David Edwards). Married Mary Jo Sunderland, April 6, 1991.

Father:

Walter Dennis Nelson

Mother:

Hazel Marie (Tucker) Nelson

Spouse:

Mary Ann Olberding

Spouse:

Mary Jo Sunderland

child:

Timothy Nelson

child:

Thomas Nelson

child:

Susan Boor Nelson

child:

Patrick Nelson

child:

Michael Nelson

child:

Ann Larkin Nelson

child:

Molly Edwards Nelson