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Reared in the Protestant ethic of discipline, diligence, and austerity, an analloyed pure Midwestern man of Ghurchillian drive and energy, Waldo Emerson Nelson is one of the great statesmen of modern American pediatrics. His Textbook of Pediatrics would qualify him for this award, but he has excelled in every area of pediatrics which has been favored by his touch.
It has been said that only great attributes make great people and Bill Nelson has many of them. His foibles and peccadillos, on which I shall not dwell excessively, are sufficiently numerous to have contributed significantly to the amusement of his staff and friends but have not been of a character to flaw his fabric of uncompromising determination and granite conviction of right and wrong. To those who don't know him well, he may appear austere and stern and his well known knack for tongue-in-cheek reproaches provide a facade of gruffness, but he is a warm and compassionate human being with a deep regard for the sensitivities of others. He has a keen sense of humor and is especially fond of acerbic jibes directed at himself.
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Digeorge, A. Presentation of Howland Award to Waldo E. Nelson. Pediatr Res 6, 843–847 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197211000-00006
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