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A country boy’s odyssey: Nelsen takes over Sacramento State
Robert Nelsen, the new president of California State University, Sacramento. (Photo: Sacramento State)As a boy growing up impoverished on a Montana ranch, Robert Nelsen did not expect to go to college. Years later, he is the eighth president of California State University, Sacramento. Nelsen, 63, former president of the University of Texas-Pan American, officially took over as the chief executive officer of the 30,000-student campus in July.