M.O. Nelson

Meredith Osler (MO) Nelson (July 23, 1921 – October 1, 2021) was a Canadian businessman who was business executive at Kimberly-Clark. He served as president of Kimberly-Clark Canada, President and CEO of Spruce Falls Power and Paper, and Group President of Newsprint, Pulp and Forest Products North America. He actively served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. Life and career Nelson was born in Wetaskiwin, Alberta on July 23, 1921, to Marcus and Jane Amelia Nelson. He had two older brothers: Richard and Francis, and was descended from the Nelson and Secord families on his father's side. He grew up on a farm in Lincoln County, Ontario, and attended the General Motors Co-op engineering program, where he got a degree in Industrial Engineering. During World War II Nelson served overseas in the Royal Canadian Navy as an Ordnance Artificer.