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its teachings. In this same year, Nelson was named the first faculty member and chair of the
Department of Geological & Geophysical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. In 1978 Katherine was selected as the first woman to ever accept the prestigious Neil Miner award for her contribution the earth science. Nelson continued to be a part of the Governing board of the academy as well as being a nominee for the Earth Science Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science until her death on December 29, 1982.
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Milwaukee Public Museum. She purchased the Greene Museum from Milwaukee-Downer and put together a public teaching program that gave more than 20,000 people the opportunity to learn from her, Nelson had major influences on others lives through her teachings. The Nelson Award was created to honor her contributions to education in the field of geology.
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to helping geology hobbyists in their range of work by offering her knowledge to everyone. She was influential in the area of preserving glaciers as she explained the importance of
Wisconsin's glacial feature to politicians, which would later lead to the establishment of the National Ice Age Scientific Reserve. Throughout all of this, Nelson inspired a new generation of geological interest in students.
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In addition, she was the first woman to receive the Neil Milner Award in 1978 for making prestigious contributions to earth science education. She also acquired the position of first female president of the
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, & Letters from 1952-53. As a result of the assistance
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Nelson acted as a tour guide to students when visiting museums and offering information about the field, believing that her work should stem past college-education. She became deeply entrenched in the media by freely writing many newspaper articles as well as giving media interviews. She was devoted
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Milwaukee-Downer campus. Due to her heavy involvement in both the museum and university, Nelson took the initiative to purchase the Greene Museum from Milwaukee-Downer. She created an active public education program for the less wealthy where more than 20,000 people have benefited from
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in 1934, being acknowledged for her excellence in geology. Katherine wrote several papers but was best known for the time she devoted teaching students about Earth, bussing kids down to the Greene Museum with the thought of a possible Ice Age
Scientific Reserve in Wisconsin. Four years after
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after a long battle with cancer. Nelson is survived by her husband, Attorney Frank Hubert Nelson, her brother Robert A. Greacen, and thousands of loving friends and former students all over the world.
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