Donald Emmanuel Olsen

Background

Olsen, Donald Emmanuel was born on July 23, 1919 in Minneapolis. Son of Clarence Edward and Thea (Scharnell) Olsen.

Education

Bachelor of Architecture, University of Minnesota, 1942; M. Architecture, Harvard University, 1946; postgraduate in civic design, U. Liverpool, England, 1953; postgraduate in philosophy of science, London School Economics, 1962-1963, 68.

Career

Architectural designer, Saarinen, Swanson & Saarinen, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1946; project manager, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, San Francisco, 1948; designer, draughtsman, Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons, San Francisco, 1949-1951; private practice architecture, Berkeley, California, since 1954; professor architecture, University of California-Berkeley, 1954-1990; professor emeritus, University of California-Berkeley, since 1990. Guest professor various universities, lecturer in field, United States, England, Germany, Denmark. Lecturer, teacher Ecoles D'Art Améicaines de Fontainebleau, France.

Nominator Carnegie Grant Personality Assessment and Research Creativity Study Architects, 1959. Professional adviser City of San Francisco, 1961-1962. Juror, critic, evaluator, various programs, projects.

Achievements

• Donald Emmanuel Olsen has been listed as a notable architect, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Institute of Architects (2 national honor awards 1970, 8 various regional, local Honor, Excellence and Merit awards 1967-1989). Member British Society for Philosophy of Science, Society for Philosophy and Technology, Open Society and Its Friends.

Interests

• Avocations: study of philosophy. Travel and travel photography.

Connections

Married Helen Karen Ohlson, April 2, 1944. 1 child, Alan Edward.

Father:

Clarence Edward Olsen

Mother:

Thea (Scharnell) Olsen

Spouse:

Helen Karen Ohlson

child:

Alan Edward Olsen