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Show SALT LAKE AD EXECUTIVE HEADS U OF U MEDICAL CENTER CAMPAIGN FOR FUNDS Marion C. Nelson, president of Gillham Advertising Agency of Salt Lake, has accepted chairmanship of the Publid Information Division of the University of Utah Medical Center Cen-ter campaign, according to Leland B. Flint, campaign chairman. chair-man. Mr. Flint said that Mr. Nelson will now form a committee com-mittee composed of other leading figures in the Public Infor- .;:v';pf - ' Pi P-$&' 1111 - & M mation field to work with himj as the volunteer Public Information Infor-mation Committee. "In securing se-curing the volunter services of Mr. Nelson we have a leader lead-er who is familiar with the great accomplishments of the University of Utah College of Medicine, as well as its present pres-ent physical handicaps." The committee will direct the public information activities activi-ties of the campaign to raise funds with which to construct the new Medical Center for the University of Utah Col-lcges Col-lcges of Medicine and Nursing. Nurs-ing. "In accepting this assignment, assign-ment, I realize the tremendous responsibility and the great need for this Medical Center, Mr. Nelson said. "I am pleased to contribute my efforts as a community service," Mr Nelson's advertising agency is one of the largest between Denver and the West Coast. He joined Gillhams m 1921 as schedule clerk, later becoming the company's production pro-duction manager, then assist-1 assist-1 ant manager and general man- Marion C. Nelson agcr. He has been president of the agency since 1929. A member of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce since 1921, he has served in many positions including the Continued on Page Five HERE'S MORE ABOUT U OF U MEDIC Continued from Page One board of governors,, vice president, pres-ident, and president. Mr. Nelson has been president presi-dent and vice president of the Salt Lake 'Rotary, which he joined in 192fi. lie is a member mem-ber of the Bonneville Knife and Fork Club, and was president pres-ident in 1947-48. lie is a past, president of the Salt Lake Advertising Club, a past vice president of the Advertising Association of the West, has been active in Community Chest and United Fund campaigns. cam-paigns. During World War II he headed publicity campaigns cam-paigns for the American Red Cross, Salvage, and Wari Bond campaigns. He is a member of the Alta Club, Salt Lake Country Club, and Utah Manufacturers' "Association. |
