Hilding Matthews Olson

Background

Olson, Hilding Matthews was born on December 14, 1923 in Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States. Son of Hilding Matthews and Martha Christina (Rosengren) Olson.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1948. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1954. Doctor of Electrical Engineering, Poly University, Brooklyn, 1959.

Career

Electrical engineer, Radio Corporation of America, Harrison, New Jersey, 1948-1953; group supervisor, Bell laboratories, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1953-1987; research scientist, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, since 1987.

Achievements

• Achievements include 6 patents for electronic active devices for telecommunication and military uses. Co-invention of microwave microchip package for deep space probes. Discovery of cause of burnout of Impatt diodes.

Membership

House manager Reading Symphony Orchestra, 1982-1998. Master gardener Berks County Agricultural Center, Reading, since 1996. With United States Army, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations.

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, music, word puzzles.

Connections

Married Nancy Lou Kreicker, July 31, 1948 (divorced June 1982). Children: Barbara Patchen, Richard. Married Dorothy Ann Ellenberg, October 14, 1984.

Father:

Hilding Matthews Olson

Mother:

Martha Christina (Rosengren) Olson

Spouse:

Dorothy Ann Ellenberg

Spouse:

Nancy Lou Kreicker

child:

Barbara Patchen Olson

child:

Richard Olson