Eugene Field Olsen

Background

Olsen, Eugene Field was born on May 1, 1896 in Rock Rapids, Iowa, United States. Son of John and Hattie (Dickson) Olsen.

Education

Student, Iowa State College, 1914-1917; Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1918-1919; degree in aero engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1919.

Career

President, general manager, Anchor Concrete Machinery Company, 1919-1927; president, Consolidated Concrete Machinery Company, 1927-1931; president, treasurer, director, Stearns Manufacturing Company, 1932-1948; president, treasurer, director, Bassett Foundry, 1943-1948; president, director, Indiana Limestone Company, 1945-1946; active partner, Ida (Michigan) Manufacturing Company, 1942-1946; active & controlling partner, Purity Ice and Ice Cream Company, 1945-1948; vice president, secretary, director, Euro Canning Company, Ida, 1946-1954; president, director, Adrian Peerless, Inc., 1947-1959; treasurer, director, Sperti-Faraday, Inc., Adrian, 1946-1948. Vice-president, director Local Loan Company, Ames, Iowa, 1940-1950.

Achievements

• Eugene Field Olsen has been listed as a noteworthy business executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lieutenant United States Army. Member National Concrete Masonry Association, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Delta Sigma Rho, others.

Connections

Married Florence Davenport, February 20, 1918 (deceased March 1920). 1 child, Gene D.; married Gertrude Lewis, July 12, 1922 (deceased April 1960). Married Cherie Wallace, December 30, 1961.

Father:

John Olsen

Mother:

Hattie (Dickson) Olsen

Spouse:

Gertrude Lewis

Spouse:

Cherie Wallace

Spouse:

Florence Davenport

child:

Gene D. Olsen