Obit. for Galen's Main Mentor

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F. William "Bill" Nelson

Nelson, F. William (Bill), 83, died on October 9, 2005. Private services have been held. Bill was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 19, 1922. His family moved to Wichita, where he graduated from Wichita East in 1939. After receiving a B.A. from the University of Texas, he served as an officer in the Navy during World War II. When the war ended, he completed a Masters degree at Columbia University and a PhD from the University of Oklahoma. He returned to Wichita in 1947 to teach at W.S.U., where he remained until retirement in 1988. During his years at Wichita State, he served as chair of the English department and was elected president of the faculty senate. He founded the Wichita Film Society, and was co-founder and the first director of the Honors Program at W.S.U. He is survived by his wife Susan, his children James (Sandra) Nelson of Wichita, William (Laurel) Nelson of Redlands, CA, Antonya (Robert Boswell) Nelson of Las Cruces, NM, David (Myranda) Nelson of Salt Lake City, UT, and Juliet (Chris Greene) Nelson of Lawrence, KS, and ten grandchildren. Services by Broadway Mortuary.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 10/10/2005.


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