UNITED STATES
SECURITEIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year of Quarter Ended: December 31, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Nelson Capital Management, Inc.
Address: 245 Lytton Avenue
Suite 350
Palo Alto, CA 94301
13F File Number: 28-99999
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing
the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained
herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that
all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are
considered integral parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Brooks P. Nelson
Title: President
Phone: 650-326-0200
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Brooks P. Nelson Palo Alto, California February 17, 2000
Report Type (Check only one.):
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ] 13F NOTICE.
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934.
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 83
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $315589
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE CUSIP VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
OF CLASS (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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AT&T Corp COM 001957109 7136 140431 SH SOLE 140431 0 0
Abbott Labs COM 002824100 4463 122901 SH SOLE 122901 0 0
ACNielsen COM 004833109 5380 218481 SH SOLE 218481 0 0
Aluminum Co of America COM 022249106 282 3400 SH SOLE 3400 0 0
American Express COM 025816109 6825 41050 SH SOLE 41050 0 0
American Intl Group COM 026874107 880 8143 SH SOLE 8143 0 0
Amgen COM 031162100 3442 57310 SH SOLE 57310 0 0
Anheuser Busch Cos COM 035229103 218 3076 SH SOLE 3076 0 0
Apache Corp COM 037411105 606 16400 SH SOLE 16400 0 0
Applied Materials COM 038222105 289 2285 SH SOLE 2285 0 0
At Home Corp COM 045919107 986 22997 SH SOLE 22997 0 0
Atlantic Richfield COM 048825103 453 5232 SH SOLE 5232 0 0
Avery Dennison Corp COM 053611109 6686 91750 SH SOLE 91750 0 0
BP Amoco PLC-ADR SPONSORED ADR 055622104 3907 65875 SH SOLE 65875 0 0
Baldor Electric COM 057741100 1707 94189 SH SOLE 94189 0 0
Bell Atlantic Corp COM 077853109 344 5591 SH SOLE 5591 0 0
BellSouth Corp COM 079860102 260 5557 SH SOLE 5557 0 0
Bestfoods COM 08658U101 5356 101900 SH SOLE 101900 0 0
Boeing Co COM 097023105 397 9575 SH SOLE 9575 0 0
Bristol Myers Squibb COM 110122108 770 11994 SH SOLE 11994 0 0
CBS COM 12490K107 8088 126500 SH SOLE 126500 0 0
Carnival Corp COM 143658102 3325 69550 SH SOLE 69550 0 0
Chevron Corp COM 166751107 3695 42654 SH SOLE 42654 0 0
Cisco Systems COM 17275R102 18827 175747 SH SOLE 175747 0 0
Citigroup COM 172967101 8543 153407 SH SOLE 153407 0 0
Coca-Cola COM 191216100 509 8730 SH SOLE 8730 0 0
Colgate Palmolive COM 194162103 1336 20560 SH SOLE 20560 0 0
Dial Corp COM 25247D101 3147 129446 SH SOLE 129446 0 0
Disney (Walt & Co) COM 254687106 4126 141073 SH SOLE 141073 0 0
duPont (E.I.) deNemours COM 263534109 211 3208 SH SOLE 3208 0 0
Enron Corp COM 293561106 9083 204682 SH SOLE 204682 0 0
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 1279 15878 SH SOLE 15878 0 0
Federal National Mtge COM 313586109 789 12644 SH SOLE 12644 0 0
GTE Corp COM 362320103 5250 74406 SH SOLE 74406 0 0
Gannett & Co COM 364730101 284 3480 SH SOLE 3480 0 0
General Electric COM 369604103 9610 62098 SH SOLE 62098 0 0
Healtheon/WebMD Corp COM 422209106 754 20100 SH SOLE 20100 0 0
Hewlett Packard COM 428236103 6345 55779 SH SOLE 55779 0 0
Home Depot COM 437076102 1581 22991 SH SOLE 22991 0 0
Honeywell Int'l COM 438516106 321 5559 SH SOLE 5559 0 0
IMS Health COM 449934108 5299 194900 SH SOLE 194900 0 0
Intel Corp COM 458140100 16771 203753 SH SOLE 203753 0 0
Int'l Business Machine COM 459200101 12715 117864 SH SOLE 117864 0 0
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 7002 75089 SH SOLE 75089 0 0
Kennametal COM 489170100 4350 129370 SH SOLE 129370 0 0
Lilly (Eli & Co) COM 532457108 373 5610 SH SOLE 5610 0 0
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 860 11460 SH SOLE 11460 0 0
Loral Space & Communication COM G56462107 1533 63069 SH SOLE 63069 0 0
MCI WorldCom Inc COM 55268B106 365 6879 SH SOLE 6879 0 0
Marsh & McLennan Companies COM 571748102 289 3018 SH SOLE 3018 0 0
McDonald's Corp COM 580135101 226 5600 SH SOLE 5600 0 0
Merck & Co COM 589331107 6486 96538 SH SOLE 96538 0 0
Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 4856 41590 SH SOLE 41590 0 0
Miller (Herman) COM 600544100 4005 174145 SH SOLE 174145 0 0
Minnesota Mining & Mfg COM 604059105 217 2220 SH SOLE 2220 0 0
Morgan, J.P. & Co COM 616880100 1687 13320 SH SOLE 13320 0 0
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter COM 617446448 2847 19944 SH SOLE 19944 0 0
Motorola COM 620076109 3806 25850 SH SOLE 25850 0 0
Oracle Corp COM 68389X105 11751 104857 SH SOLE 104857 0 0
Overland Data COM 690213103 114 15250 SH SOLE 15250 0 0
Pall Corp COM 696429307 1389 64400 SH SOLE 64400 0 0
Pepsico COM 713448108 5433 154116 SH SOLE 154116 0 0
Pfizer COM 717081103 712 21940 SH SOLE 21940 0 0
Philip Morris COM 718154107 214 9300 SH SOLE 9300 0 0
Procter & Gamble Co COM 742718109 716 6539 SH SOLE 6539 0 0
Qualcomm, Inc COM 747525103 282 1600 SH SOLE 1600 0 0
Radiologix COM 75040K109 141 35325 SH SOLE 35325 0 0
SBC Communications, Inc COM 78387G103 4510 92512 SH SOLE 92512 0 0
Sara Lee COM 803111103 4980 225700 SH SOLE 225700 0 0
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 2999 53440 SH SOLE 53440 0 0
Schwab, (Charles & Co) COM 808513105 5205 136066 SH SOLE 136066 0 0
Spieker Properties REIT 848497103 1525 41850 SH SOLE 41850 0 0
State Street Corp COM 857477103 8123 111172 SH SOLE 111172 0 0
Steris Corp COM 859152100 243 23700 SH SOLE 23700 0 0
Sun Micro Systems COM 866810104 8170 105510 SH SOLE 105510 0 0
Sysco COM 871829107 218 5500 SH SOLE 5500 0 0
Texas Instruments COM 882508104 10237 105950 SH SOLE 105950 0 0
Transocean Sedco Forex COM 893817106 349 10345 SH SOLE 10345 0 0
Union Pacific COM 907818108 1868 42762 SH SOLE 42762 0 0
Veritas Software COM 923436109 463 3235 SH SOLE 3235 0 0
Vodafone AirTouch PLC SPONSORED ADR 92857T107 1166 23550 SH SOLE 23550 0 0
Watson Pharmaceutical COM 942683103 3696 103200 SH SOLE 103200 0 0
Xilinx COM 983919101 29909 657800 SH SOLE 657800 0 0
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