Representative Carl V. Nielsen View All Years

CARL NIELSEN

Carl Nielsen was born on January 19, 1932 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He attended Warren Harding High School and graduated in 1949. Shortly after graduating high school he joined the U.S. Navy during the Korean War serving from 1951 to 1955. He graduated from Grandview College in 1956 and in 1957 he married Marilyn Newman together they raised three children. He attended Drake University Law School graduated in 1960.

Carl was in private practice with Sutton & Nielsen Law Firm from 1961 to 1981, and then served as the Executive Director of the Iowa Bar Association from 1981 to 1998. He stayed very active in the community serving in leadership roles for the following: past president of King David Masonic Lodge in Altoona, the Za Ga Zig Shrine, past master Masonic Lodge, and past president Altoona Jaycees. He was also a member of the Altoona Businessmen’s Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, Altoona Board of Adjustment, Polk County Bar Association, Iowa State Bar Association, and American Bar Association. He served on the Board of Directors of the Shriners Hospital for Children in Minneapolis from 2000 until 2009.

Carl was a Democrat from Polk County. He was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in the fall of 1972 serving three terms. During the Sixty-Seventh General Assembly he served as the Speaker Pro Tempore.

Carl Nielsen passed away April 1, 2011 at the age of 79.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EIGHTY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IOWA, That in the passing of the Honorable Carl Nielsen, the State has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful public servant, and the House by this Resolution would express its appreciation of his service.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the Journal of the House, and that the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.

CHRIS HAGENOW

BRUCE HUNTER

Committee