Donald Gordon Medd Nelson

Major-General Donald Gordon Medd Nelson CStJ, CD, QHS, MD, DPH, FACPM (28 June 1914 – 22 February 1989) was the 23rd Canadian Surgeon General.

Early years Born in Toronto, Ontario, Donald G.M., was educated at the University of Toronto. He received a Medical Degree in 1939 and a Graduate Diploma in Public Health in 1948.

Career In 1940, "he enrolled in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, and in November of that year, he was transferred to the newly formed Royal Canadian Air Force Medical Branch." From 1940 to 1945, Nelson worked "as a Medical Officer at various RCAF stations in Canada." in Ottawa, Ontario.

He "assumed command of the RCAF Institute of Aviation Medicine in Toronto", He also served as president of the Aerospace Medical Association in 1971.

Death Major-General Nelson died 22 February 1989 at the age of 74.