Oswald (Ozzie) Nelson of New Jersey, a Rutgers lawyer, was best known for his creation of the humorous weekly ABC drama The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet with his real family in the 1950s and mid-1960s. Ozzie Nelson’s character was a warm, loving dad with a ready smile and a calming, problem-solving wisdom. Off screen, however, Nelson has been characterized as autocratic, controlling, tough on his family, and driven by financial gain.
This week, Atlanta respectfully bid business visionary Oz Nelson a final farewell and saluted his 30 years of generous devotion to the community, not to mention his technological reinvention of logistics giant UPS as CEO and his relocation of the company to Atlanta. I knew that Oz Nelson and was fortunate to have been in close contact with him for 36 years. But there is much more to be said.
