Title

Eric Nelson

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Award Year

2011

Title of Position

Manager of Grounds Services- Physical Plant

Description

Eric Nelson, Illinois Wesleyan University’s Grounds Crew Manager, was named the winner of the University’s Max. L. Starkey Service Award at the Fall Breakfast in the Young Main Lounge of Memorial Center on Friday.Nelson has served the University since 1981, and manages six crew members who care for the award-winning IWU campus. The campus has been honored with beautification awards from the City of Bloomington, including a 2008 award for grounds around The Ames Library. Nelson called the award an honor. “It’s great to be recognized by the city, and know we have a team that gets the job done,” he said at the time. “I am very blessed to work with a staff which is very talented.”

And now, this year’s clues…

  • Those who nominated the recipient refer to this person as courteous, dedicated and kind.
  • A cold call from the recipient can make a couple of thousand people very happy.
  • The recipient is known as a very grounded gentleman.
  • He knows every inch of campus – every blade of grass.

    • I would now like to ask Eric Nelson, Manager of Grounds Services – Physical Plant to come forward as our 2011 Starkey Award winner.

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