Background
Olsen, Edgar Oliver was born on March 13, 1942 in New Orleans. Son of Edgar Oliver and Georgie Walker (Thompson) Olsen.
Olsen, Edgar Oliver was born on March 13, 1942 in New Orleans. Son of Edgar Oliver and Georgie Walker (Thompson) Olsen.
Bachelor of Arts, Tulane University, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Rice University, 1968. Postdoctoral fellow Indiana U.-Bloomington, 1967-1968.
Visiting associate professor economics University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1975-1976, visiting professor,1982-1984.
Professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, since 1970. Economist Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1968-1970.
Visiting scholar Housing and Urban Development, Washington, 1978-1979. Consultant, 1973-1981.
Director Thomas Jefferson Center for Political Economy, Charlottesville, 1984-1987.
Board editors American Economics Review, Princeton, New Jersey, since 1985.
Postdoctoral fellow Indiana U.-Bloomington, 1967—1968. From assistant professor to associate professor University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1970—1983, professor, since 1983, chairman department economics, 1993—1996. Visiting associate professor economics University Wisconsin, Madison, 1975—1976, visiting professor, 1982—1984.
Economist Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1968—1970. Visiting scholar Housing and Urban Development, Washington, 1978—1979, consultant, 1973—2003. Board editors American Economic Review, Princeton, New Jersey, 1985—1991.
Consultant General Accounting Office, Washington, 1999—2001. Vice president Southern Economic Association, 2003—2005. Board directors American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, 1998—2000, 2005—2007.
Congressional Testimony, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008. Member of American Real Estate and Urban Economic Association, American Economic Association, Association Public Policy Analysis and Management, Southern Economic Association.
Married Barbara Elliott Beasley, June 4, 1966. Children: Robert Buckner, Melanie Guerry.