Pleasant Grove Review | 1942-06-05 | Page 8 | Formers Utah Man Gets High Position

FORMER UTAH MAN GETS HIGH POSITION Dr. Elroy Nelson of Denver, a native of Pleasant Grove, has been appointed director of the Coloardo state planning commission, one of the most important positions in the state government. Dr. Nelson, who will be 37 in June, is the son of the" late John C. Nelson and Mrs. Adeline Nelson of this city: He ' is a graduate of the BYU and did graduate work at Rutgers, and New "York universities. univer-sities. ; i ' x r. Before going1 to Denver university univer-sity he taught at Rutgers college in New Jersegr East Orange high school, New, jersey, New Jersey State Teachers college and Russell Sage college at Troy, N. Y. Dr. NelsoriL,served an LDS mission mis-sion of three years' in Hawaii, and has considerable professional and business experience, all of which fits him admirably fcjr his new position.