David John Olson

Background

Olson, David John was born on May 18, 1941 in Brantford, North Dakota, United States. Son of Lloyd and Alice Ingrid (Black) Olson.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1963; Rockefeller fellow Union Theological Sem, New York City, 1963-1964; Master of Arts (Brooklings Institution predoctoral research fellow 1968-1969), University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy (university fellow 1967), University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1971.

Career

Community planner, Madison Redvel. Authority, 1965-1966; lecturer, University of Wisconsin, 1966-1967; from lecturer to associate professor political science, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1969-1976; professor political science, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1976; department chairman, U. Washington, 1983-1988; Harry Bridges endowed chairlabor studies, U. Washington, 1992-1994; board directors, Harry Bridges Institute dir.Ctr. Labor Studies, U. Washington, 1992-1994; Distinguished lecturer in labor studies, San Francisco State University, 1994.

Visiting professor U. Bergen, 1987, Harvard University, 1988-1989, U. Hawaii, 1989, University of California, Berkeley, 1996.

Achievements

• David John Olson has been listed as a noteworthy Political science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • To keep the Republic: Governing the United States in its third century

    (How to govern the united states in this day and age.)

  • Governing the United States: To Keep the Republic in Its Third Century

Membership

Member American Political Science Association, Western Political Science Association (Vice-President 1984, president 1985), Midwest Political Science Association, Southern Political Science Association.

Connections

Married Sandra Jean Crabb, June 11, 1966. 1 daughter, Maia Kari.

Father:

Lloyd Olson

Mother:

Alice Ingrid (Black) Olson

Spouse:

Sandra Jean Crabb