Waldemar A Nielsen

Waldemar A. Nielsen (1917-2005) worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and served in World War II before joining the Ford Foundation in 1952. He was later elected president of the African-American Institute, a foundation beneficiary. Starting his own firm, Waldemar A. Nielsen, Inc., in 1970, he advised such prominent philanthropists as John D. Rockefeller III, The Big Foundationsand The Golden Donors.

Waldemar A. Nielsen (1917-2005) worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and served in World War II before joining the Ford Foundation in 1952. He was later elected president of the African-American Institute, a foundation beneficiary. Starting his own firm, Waldemar A. Nielsen, Inc., in 1970, he advised such prominent philanthropists as John D. Rockefeller III, The Big Foundationsand The Golden Donors. See less