UNITED STATES
SECURITEIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year of Quarter Ended: March 31, 2000
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Nelson Capital Management, Inc.
Address: 1860 Embarcadero Road
Suite 140
Palo Alto, CA 94303
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: 650-493-1000
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Brooks P. Nelson Palo Alto, California May 12, 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: 95
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $392922
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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 8507 151062 SH SOLE 151062 0 0
Abbott Labs COM 002824100 4546 129201 SH SOLE 129201 0 0
ACNielsen COM 004833109 5420 240881 SH SOLE 240881 0 0
Aluminum Co of America COM 022249106 239 3400 SH SOLE 3400 0 0
America Online COM 02364J104 237 3510 SH SOLE 3510 0 0
American Express COM 025816109 6806 45700 SH SOLE 45700 0 0
American Home Products COM 026609107 244 4532 SH SOLE 4532 0 0
American Intl Group COM 026874107 918 8384 SH SOLE 8384 0 0
Amgen COM 031162100 4403 71737 SH SOLE 71737 0 0
Apache Corp COM 037411105 741 14900 SH SOLE 14900 0 0
Applied Materials COM 038222105 431 4570 SH SOLE 4570 0 0
At Home Corp COM 045919107 661 20058 SH SOLE 20058 0 0
Atlantic Richfield COM 048825103 445 5232 SH SOLE 5232 0 0
Avery Dennison Corp COM 053611109 6540 107100 SH SOLE 107100 0 0
BP Amoco PLC-ADR SPONSORED ADR 055622104 3709 69655 SH SOLE 69655 0 0
Baldor Electric COM 057741100 1121 62061 SH SOLE 62061 0 0
Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 201 3840 SH SOLE 3840 0 0
Bell Atlantic Corp COM 077853109 390 6381 SH SOLE 6381 0 0
BellSouth Corp COM 079860102 230 4899 SH SOLE 4899 0 0
Bestfoods COM 08658U101 5884 125700 SH SOLE 125700 0 0
Boeing Co COM 097023105 380 10055 SH SOLE 10055 0 0
Bristol Myers Squibb COM 110122108 632 10894 SH SOLE 10894 0 0
CBS COM 12490K107 7729 136500 SH SOLE 136500 0 0
Carnival Corp COM 143658102 2724 109800 SH SOLE 109800 0 0
Chevron Corp COM 166751107 4590 49656 SH SOLE 49656 0 0
Cisco Systems COM 17275R102 23358 302122 SH SOLE 302122 0 0
Citigroup COM 172967101 9970 166508 SH SOLE 166508 0 0
Coca-Cola COM 191216100 406 8652 SH SOLE 8652 0 0
Cognos COM 19244C109 357 5700 SH SOLE 5700 0 0
Colgate Palmolive COM 194162103 1122 19900 SH SOLE 19900 0 0
Comerica COM 200340107 216 5163 SH SOLE 5163 0 0
Dial Corp COM 25247D101 1587 115450 SH SOLE 115450 0 0
Disney (Walt & Co) COM 254687106 6308 152913 SH SOLE 152913 0 0
duPont (E.I.) deNemours COM 263534109 208 3921 SH SOLE 3921 0 0
EMC Corp Mass COM 268648102 997 7910 SH SOLE 7910 0 0
E. Piphany COM 26881V100 3067 22960 SH SOLE 22960 0 0
Enron Corp COM 293561106 15251 203682 SH SOLE 203682 0 0
Exodus Communications COM 302088109 260 1850 SH SOLE 1850 0 0
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 1220 15654 SH SOLE 15654 0 0
Federal-Mogul Corp COM 313549107 3039 182100 SH SOLE 182100 0 0
Fannie Mae COM 313586109 742 13124 SH SOLE 13124 0 0
Look Smart COM 343442107 418 9508 SH SOLE 9508 0 0
GTE Corp COM 362320103 5863 82574 SH SOLE 82574 0 0
Gap Stores COM 364760108 632 12687 SH SOLE 12687 0 0
General Electric COM 369604103 10912 70118 SH SOLE 70118 0 0
Greater Bay Bancorp COM 391648102 242 6000 SH SOLE 6000 0 0
Healtheon/WebMD Corp COM 422209106 462 20100 SH SOLE 20100 0 0
Hewlett Packard COM 428236103 7282 54801 SH SOLE 54801 0 0
Home Depot COM 437076102 1534 23776 SH SOLE 23776 0 0
IMS Health COM 449934108 3711 219100 SH SOLE 219100 0 0
Intel Corp COM 458140100 24547 186048 SH SOLE 186048 0 0
Int'l Business Machines COM 459200101 14817 125565 SH SOLE 125565 0 0
JDS Uniphase COM 46612J101 286 2371 SH SOLE 2371 0 0
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 6794 96712 SH SOLE 96712 0 0
Kennametal COM 489170100 4500 149700 SH SOLE 149700 0 0
Lilly (Eli & Co) COM 532457108 331 5280 SH SOLE 5280 0 0
Loral Space and Communications COM G56462107 652 64359 SH SOLE 64359 0 0
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 853 13930 SH SOLE 13930 0 0
MCI WorldCom Inc COM 55268B106 384 8465 SH SOLE 8465 0 0
Marsh & McLennan Companies COM 571748102 283 2568 SH SOLE 2568 0 0
McDonald's Corp COM 580135101 270 7221 SH SOLE 7221 0 0
Merck & Co COM 589331107 6781 109152 SH SOLE 109152 0 0
Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 5460 51386 SH SOLE 51386 0 0
Miller (Herman) COM 600544100 4725 168745 SH SOLE 168745 0 0
Morgan, J.P. & Co COM 616880100 1709 12970 SH SOLE 12970 0 0
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter COM 617446448 3321 40068 SH SOLE 40068 0 0
Motorola COM 620076109 3555 24350 SH SOLE 24350 0 0
Nokia Corp-ADR SPONSORED ADR 654902204 304 1368 SH SOLE 1368 0 0
Nortel Networks Corp COM 656568102 218 1730 SH SOLE 1730 0 0
Oracle Corp COM 68389X105 15140 193946 SH SOLE 193946 0 0
Overland Data COM 690213103 207 14750 SH SOLE 14750 0 0
PMC-Sierra COM 69344F106 202 992 SH SOLE 992 0 0
Pall Corp COM 696429307 1409 62800 SH SOLE 62800 0 0
Pepsico COM 713448108 6095 174766 SH SOLE 174766 0 0
Pfizer COM 717081103 732 20030 SH SOLE 20030 0 0
Procter & Gamble Co COM 742718109 381 6739 SH SOLE 6739 0 0
Qualcomm COM 747525103 322 2155 SH SOLE 2155 0 0
Radiologix COM 75040K109 116 22325 SH SOLE 22325 0 0
SBC Communications, Inc COM 78387G103 4865 115481 SH SOLE 115481 0 0
Safeway COM 786514208 4129 91250 SH SOLE 91250 0 0
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 4425 57840 SH SOLE 57840 0 0
Schwab, (Charles & Co) COM 808513105 9078 159790 SH SOLE 159790 0 0
Siebel Systems COM 824170102 287 2400 SH SOLE 2400 0 0
Spieker Properties REIT 848497103 1965 41154 SH SOLE 41154 0 0
State Street Corp COM 857477103 11191 115522 SH SOLE 115522 0 0
Steris Corp COM 859152100 297 28985 SH SOLE 28985 0 0
Sun Micro Systems COM 866810104 11067 118110 SH SOLE 118110 0 0
Texas Instruments COM 882508104 11768 73550 SH SOLE 73550 0 0
Tumbleweed Communs Corp COM 899690101 799 6849 SH SOLE 6849 0 0
Union Pacific COM 907818108 1369 34992 SH SOLE 34992 0 0
Veritas Software COM 923436109 596 4552 SH SOLE 4552 0 0
Vodafone AirTouch PLC-ADR SPONSORED ADR 92857T107 1142 20550 SH SOLE 20550 0 0
Watson Pharmaceutical COM 942683103 4219 106300 SH SOLE 106300 0 0
West Coast Entertainment COM 952182103 3 10000 SH SOLE 10000 0 0
Xilinx COM 983919101 54441 657400 SH SOLE 657400 0 0
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