Dian Rae Olson Belanger

Background

Belanger, Dian Rae Olson was born on November 22, 1941 in Virginia, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Raymond Wilford and Esther Ellen (Silta) Olson.

Education

Bachelor of Science in History summa cum laude, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1962; Master of Arts in American Studies, George Washington University, 1982.

Career

Teacher history, Polytechnic School, Pasadena, California, 1962-1967; docent, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, 1973-1983; historian, National Museum American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1983-1984; senior historian, director communications, History Associations, Inc., Rockville, Maryland., since 1984.

Achievements

• Dian Rae Olson Belanger has been listed as a noteworthy Historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Managing American Wildlife: A History of the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

    (Focuses on IAFWA's status as a proponent of broadly appli...)

  • Managing American Wildlife : A History of the International Association of Fish

Membership

Member selection committee Maryland. Women's Hall of Fame, Annapolis, 1985-1989, chair, 1988-1989. Member Montgomery County Commision on the Humanities, Rockville, 1988-1992, vice chair, 1990.

Member American Association of University Women (Middle Atlantic regional director 1989-1993, board directors Legal Advocacy Fund 1991-1993, Executive Committee 1989-1990, state president 1985-1988, Project Renew grantee 1980-1981), Society for History in the Federal Government, National Council on Public History, American Studies Association, Organisation American Historians.

Interests

• Avocation: traveling.

Connections

Married Brian C. Belanger, June 16, 1962.

Father:

Raymond Wilford Olson

Mother:

Esther Ellen (Silta) Olson

Spouse:

Brian C. Belanger