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Alumni Spotlight: Ambassador David Nelson

Forty years ago, Ambassador David D. Nelson ’78 was a senior studying economics and international relations at UW–Madison. While he had always been interested in public policy and international relations, building a career in the …

Read the full article at: https://international.wisc.edu/alumni-spotlight-ambassador-david-nelson/
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