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“Nelson Rising” (born August 27, 1941) is an American businessman, Chairman and CEO of Rising Realty Partners, and former President and CEO of MPG Office Trust, Inc. Nelson was also chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

Early Life and Education
Rising was born in Queens, NY and grew up in Glendale, Ca. He went to Glendale High School and played football where he was an All-CIF football player in 1959. He attended UCLA and was given a scholarship where he received his B.A. in Economics with honors in 1963. In 1967 he attended UCLA Law School where he was given his Juris Docor. He was order of the Coif and also served as Managing Editor of the UCLA Law Review.

Business Career
Rising’s career started professionally as an associate at O’Melveny & Myers. During this time, he took a leave of absence from the firm, to work as a campaign manager for John Tunney’s campaign for the United States Senate in 1970. Rising was requested by Warren Christopher to join the campaign and pursue politics. His real estate career officially began in 1973 when he took on the role of President of Coto de Caza. Coto de Caza is a resort community in southeast Orange County which resides on 50,000 acres. During his real estate career, Rising stayed involved in California Politics, serving as chairman of Tom Bradley’s campaign for Mayor in 1973, 1977, and 1981. He also served as chairman for Bradley’s campaign for governor in 1982. Rising developed projects throughout the United States and after finishing projects in Florida, he became an employee at Maguire Thomas Partners as a senior partner. Web. 22 June 2012. Rising was responsible for the Library Square development which later resulted into the historic Central Library. He was partner-in-charge of both the Library square development and Playa Vista, one of the biggest and most complicated multi purposed developments in the history of Los Angeles. He can also be recognized for his work involved with the 73-story Library Tower, which is the western USA’s tallest building. 1994 marked the year when Rising became CEO of Catellus Development Corporation. Throughout the 11 year tenure he saw the company evolve from a railroad land company to a diversified development company and lastly a to a real estate investment trust. During the duration of his tenure, investors were granted a compounded return of 538%. There is now a street named after Nelson Rising in Mission Bay, San Francisco. It is called Nelson Rising Lane. Named dealmaker of the year at San Francisco’s Business Times’ annual Real Estate Deals of the Year event which took place March 31, 2005, Rising stayed busy as Chairman of the Grand Committee. He was then appointed by Governor Edmund G Brown, Jr. as Chair of the dissolution authority of the Community Redevelopment Agency in February 2012. Currently, Rising is Chairman of Rising Realty Partners, LLC. He is also Chairman Emeritus of the Real Estate Roundtable and Chairman of the Grand Avenue Committee. He was also named Chair of Governor Jerry Brown’s three member panel to dissolve the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency. He also serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of The Irvine Company and the Boards of the Trust Company of the West and Foley Timber & Land Company. Lastly, he is a member of the Board of Trustees and Executive Committees of the California Institute of Technology and the W.M. Keck Foundation.

Personal Life
Nelson Rising is married to Sharon Lynne Sanders. They married in 1963, in Fresno, California. They have three children, Christopher, Corinne and Jonathan Rising. He and his wife reside in La Canada-Flintridge, CA.