page_title: J. Russell Nelson
section_title: Life
hierarchical_section_title: J. Russell Nelson / Life
caption_attribution_description: English: Architectural detail of the Nelson Fine Arts Center at w:Arizona State University at the Tempe campus, designed by w:Antoine Predock in 1989.
context_page_description: Jack Russell Nelson was an American educator who served as a chancellor/president of the University of Colorado Boulder and Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.
context_section_description: Nelson earned his bachelor's degree in business and economics from Pacific Union College in Napa Valley, California, and a Master of Business Administration and Ph.D in finance from the University of California Los Angeles.
  From 1961-1970, Nelson served as an associate professor in finance at the University of Minnesota.
  In 1970, Nelson moved to become vice provost and professor in finance at the University of Colorado Boulder. During his first stint at the university he was rapidly promoted, to associate provost (in 1971), vice president for budgets and planning (1972–74), vice president of administration (1974–77) until becoming acting chancellor in 1977 and chancellor in 1978.
caption: The Fine Arts Center at Arizona State University, named for J. Russell Nelson
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