Nelson Talbott
Nelson Talbott, a global warming alarmist, was a board member of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History for 48 years. Talbott was founder of the Dayton [Ohio] Chapter of the United World Federalists, and was on the boards of the Dayton and Cleveland Council on World Affairs, and a founder of the U.S. Chapter of The Club of Rome.
Nelson Talbott "was a leading advocate for natural resource protection, particularly through land preservation and climate change legislation. As a founding member of the Ohio League of Conservation Voters, he championed conservation legislation at the state and federal levels."[1]
Nelson Talbott died in February 2014 at the age of 93.[2]
Nelson Talbott is survived by his four children, Strobe Talbott, Page Talbott, Marjo Talbott, Kirk Talbott; 10 grandchildren; and 6 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife Helen Josephine Large Talbott of 61 years in 2004. Strobe Talbott was married to Brooke Shearer until her death in May, 2009. They had two sons Devin Talbott and Adrian Talbott.
Background
Nelson Talbott was born in Dayton, Ohio. His father served in three wars, World War I, World War II and the Korean War, and finished with the rank of Brigadier General. His grandmother was the founder of Westminster Choir College, which is now in Princeton, N.J. His grandfather founded National Biscuit Co.
Talbott received his bachelor's degree in industrial administration and engineering at Yale in 1942 and served in the U.S. Navy.
He married Josephine Large in 1943 and they moved to Dayton in 1946, where Talbott worked for his father at his real estate and venture capital company. In 1952, he moved on to Harris Corp. in Cleveland (known then as Harris Seybold), where he worked for seven years in various roles, including director of industrial development.
Then in 1960, Talbott joined Prescott & Co. in Cleveland, which later became Prescott, Merrill, Turben & Co. He became president and CEO of Prescott in 1970 and under his leadership, the company grew from 130 employees to 850. He left Prescott in 1979 and became chairman of a consulting firm, Strategic Planning Associates, based in Washington D.C. Talbott kept an office in Cleveland.
In 1983, Talbott led a group of investors who bought Sawyer Research Products in Greater Cleveland, and he became chairman and CEO. He retired as CEO 10 years later but remained as chairman.
He was also on the board of the Chagrin River Land Conservancy and served on the national boards of Ducks Unlimited, the World Wildlife Fund, the Environmental Law Institute, the Environment and Energy Study institute and the Yale Institute for Biospheric Study.
Outside of his environmental interests, he was chairman of the Northeast Ohio Heart Association and was on the boards of the Cleveland Institute of Art, University Circle Inc., and the Greater Cleveland Growth Association. He was also a trustee of Case Western Reserve University and was a member of its Endowment Investment committee.
References
- ↑ http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/ohio/oh-springsummer-2014-newsletter.pdf The Nature Conservancy: In Memoriam] (accessed on May 21, 2016)
- ↑ http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/02/nelson_bud_talbott_environment.html Nelson "Bud" Talbott, environmental force in Cleveland, dies at age 93] (accessed on May 21, 2016)