U of U Alumnus Who Achieved Remarkable Success after Spinal Cord Injury, Craig H. Neilsen, Honors U with Presidential Endowed Chair
When a 1985 car accident left him paralyzed from the neck down, the University of Utah alumnus would not let this twist of fate hold him back. After returning to work at his family’s construction and real estate development business a year later, he went on to establish a thriving casino enterprise, Ameristar Casinos Inc., and eventually set up the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, dedicated to helping people with an SCI lead active, high quality lives and to promoting research to find a cure for paralysis.
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