Background
Olson, Jack B. was born on August 29, 1920 in Kilbourn, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Grover and Jane (Zimmerman) Olson.
Olson, Jack B. was born on August 29, 1920 in Kilbourn, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Grover and Jane (Zimmerman) Olson.
Student, University Wisconsin, 1939. Bachelor of Science, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 1942.
President, Olson Boat Company
president, Wisconsin Dells
director, Bank Wisconsin Dells
director, Bureau Business Research, U. Hawaii, 1961;
member, President's Air Quality Control Advisory Board, since 1970;
United States ambassador to, Bahamas, 1976-1977. President Wisconsin Vacationland Council, 1952-1957. Director Wisconsin Trade Mission Europe, 1964, official representative, 1965.
Executive chairman Wisconsin World's Fair Participation Corporation, 1964-1965. President Northern Great Lakes Area Council, 1958, Greater Wisconsin Foundation, 1969. Member President's Citizens Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality.
Chairman Wisconsin March of Dimes, 1965-1966, Wisconsin Volunteers for Nixon, 1963-1964, lieutenant governor, Wisconsin, 1963-1964, 67-70, candidate for governor, 1970. Board directors Wisconsin Good Roads Association Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Wisconsin Dells Chamber of Commerce (director), Western Michigan University Alumni Association (director) Lodges: Rotary.
Married Eleanor Lang. Children— Jill (Mistress William Gaffney), Sally (Mistress Alexander Bracken).