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Nelson Named WIU Trustee

June 20, 2016

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MACOMB/MOLINE, IL -- Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has announced the appointment of Steven Nelson, attorney and shareholder with Califf and Harper in Moline (IL), and a 1970 graduate, to the Western Illinois University Board of Trustees.

"I am most pleased that Steve has been selected once again as a Western Illinois University trustee. His many years of experience as a trustee and his active involvement with his alma mater will help us to move WIU forward," said WIU President Jack Thomas.

Nelson replaces Phil Hare, who resigned from the Board in February 2016 after four years of service. The Illinois Senate must confirm the appointment.

Nelson has been admitted to practice in the states of Illinois and Iowa since 1977. He is a member of the Illinois and Iowa bar associations, and he is admitted to practice in the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois and the Southern District of Iowa, and the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts (Central, Northern and Southern districts of Illinois and the Southern and Northern Districts of Iowa).

Nelson served on the WIU Board of Trustees from 2006-11, including as chair from 2008-10. He has served on the WIU Foundation Board of Directors for over 19 years, currently serving as vice president and as president from 1999-01; serves on the WIU-Quad Cities Advisory Board and has served on the WIU Foundation's Development Council. He taught business law as an adjunct professor at WIU-QC from 2000-03.
He and his wife, Regina MS-Ed '91, have a planned gift to WIU and are members of the Leatherneck Club, Western Illinois Now and the Performing Arts Society. Nelson received the 2015 WIU Alumni Achievement Award.

In his community, Nelson is a member of the City of Moline Project Management Team, the Alleman Catholic School Foundation and the Seton Catholic School Foundation.

He received his Doctorate of Jurisprudence from Drake University Law School.

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