Richard “Dick” A. Nelson, a longtime journalism educator, 85, died on Jan. 23.
Born on August 26, 1938, in Rockford, Illinois, he graduated in 1956 from Rockford East High School. He went on to earn his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northern Illinois University. In 1976, he earned a PhD in educational administration with a focus in journalism from UW-Madison.
He taught high school journalism and English in Belvidere and Arlington Heights, Illinois, before serving as the head of the journalism department at UW-Whitewater. Fifty years ago, he founded the Kettle Moraine Press Association for Wisconsin high school newspaper and yearbook advisers.
