2017 Wall of Fame Inductee: Don Nelson

Don Nelson is the Executive Director of the Sixth Circuit State Attorney's Office in Clearwater, Florida. He graduated from USF with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology in 1975 and a Master's Degree in Criminal Justice in 1978.

Mr. Nelson has served as a State Attorney Executive Director for the last 40 years, first in Bartow, Florida, then in Miami, Florida before assuming his present position in Clearwater. In 1993, he accompanied Janet Reno to Washington D.C. where he assisted in her transition to Attorney General of the United States.

In 2011, Mr. Nelson was the recipient of the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys' Association "Knowles-Strickland Award for Administrative Excellence."