Glenn E. Nielsen was the founder of Husky Refining Company, now Husky Energy

Husky Energy

Husky Energy Inc. is a large integrated Canadian energy company based in Calgary, Alberta. Husky's foundation is in Western Canada, where it has extensive conventional oil and natural gas assets, significant heavy oil production and a range of midstream and downstream operations, including...

. He was nicknamed "Mr. Asphalt" because of his efforts to expand the use of asphalt in roads.

Nielsen was born in Aetna, Alberta

Aetna, Alberta

Aetna is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cardston County, located east of Highway 2, approximately southwest of Lethbridge.- References :...

, Canada and raised in Cardston, Alberta

Cardston, Alberta

-Demographics:The population of the Town of Cardston according to its 2007 municipal census is 3,578.In 2006, it had a population of 3,452 living in 1,234 dwellings, a 0.7% decrease from 2001...

. He graduated from Raymond Agricultural College and served missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England and California in the 1920s. Nielsen received his bachelors in economics from the University of Alberta

University of Alberta

The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...

.

He began his involvement in the oil industry in 1938. After moving to the United States, Nielsen became a US citisen.

In 1966 Nielsen became the chairman of the Business-Industry Political Action Committee.

Nielsen was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). He served as president of the Big Horn Stake based in Cody, Wyoming

Cody, Wyoming

Cody is a city in Park County, Wyoming, United States. It is named after William Frederick Cody, primarily known as Buffalo Bill, from William Cody's part in the creation of the original town. The population was 9,520 at the 2010 census...

 for several years. In 1969 he became the director of Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...

's development office. From 1973-1977 Nielsen served as president of the Washington D.C. Mission of the LDS Church. Nielsen also served as a Regional Representative of the 12, and was a stake patriarch at the time of his death.

Nielsen married Olive Wood in the Cardston Alberta Temple

Cardston Alberta Temple

The Cardston Alberta Temple is the eighth constructed and sixth operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Located in Cardston, Alberta, it is the oldest LDS temple outside the United States. It is one of eight temples that do not have an angel Moroni statue, and one of...

 in 1928. They had three daughters.

Sources

• Ernest L. Wilkinson
  Ernest L. Wilkinson
  Ernest Leroy Wilkinson was an American academic administrator and prominent figure in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . He was president of Brigham Young University from 1951 to 1971 and also oversaw the entire LDS Church Educational System. Prior to this, Wilkinson was a lawyer...
  
   and Leonard J. Arrington
  Leonard J. Arrington
  Leonard James Arrington was an author, academic and the founder of the Mormon History Association. He is known as the "Dean of Mormon History" and "the Father of Mormon History" because of his many influential contributions to the field.-Biographical background:Arrington was born in Twin Falls,...
  
  , ed., Brigham Young University: The First 100 Years (Provo: BYU Press, 1975) Vol. 3, p. 584.
• New York Times Obituary of Nielsen, 5 Nov. 1988
• Deseret News Oct. 24, 1998