Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Nelson, John Frithiof December 12, 1887 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

JOHN FRITHIOF NELSON, Educator. Leaving his profession of education in 1923 to 
engage in business, John F. Nelson returned to it the next year in his present 
position of principal of the Kamehameha School for Boys. He arrived in 
Honolulu in September, 1911, as a teacher at the Mid-Pacific Institute, later 
becoming principal, a position he resigned in 1923 to enter the employ of the 
Hawaiian Pineapple Co. as a warehouse foreman. He accepted the appointment as 
principal of Kamehameha School in 1924.
  Born in Longmont, Colo., Dec. 12, 1887, he is the son of John N. and Ida C. 
(Solomon) Nelson. His education was received in the Colorado public schools, 
Colorado College granting him the degree of A.B.
  He married Edna M. Byrd on June 16, 1921. They have one child, John Byrd 
Nelson. Mr. Nelson is a member of Beta Theta Pi national fraternity, Hawaii 
Teachers’ Association, and the Manoa Tennis, Honolulu Ad and Outrigger Canoe 
clubs.


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