Background
Olsen, John Charles was born on July 22, 1869 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Son of Michael and Cecelia (Johnson) Olsen.
Olsen, John Charles was born on July 22, 1869 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Son of Michael and Cecelia (Johnson) Olsen.
Bachelor of Arts, Knox College, Galesburg, 1890, Master of Arts, 1893. University of Chicago, summers, 1897, 98. Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1900.
Doctor of Science, Knox, 1925.
Principal schools, Ipava, Illinois, 1891-1894. Teacher physics and chemistry, Austin (Illinois) High School, 1895-1898. Professor analytical chemistry, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1900-1914, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1900-1906, Adelphi College, 1913-1914.
Professor of chemistry and head department, Cooper Union, New York, 1914-1919.
Professor chemical engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1918-1944, head department, 1918-1937. Professor emeritus of chemical engineering since 1944.
Lecturer analytical chemistry and foods, Brooklyn Institute Arts and Sciences and for Board Education City of New York since 1900. Editor Van Nostrand’s Chemical Annual since 1907, and transactions American Institute Chemical Engineers, 1909-1926.
Secretary American Institute Chemical Engineers, 1908-1926, director 1926-1927, vice president, 1928-1929, president, 1931.
Member American Chemical Society, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce.
Mason.; Clubs: Chemists (New York).
Married Ella Walker, August 31, 1898. Children: Julian West., Eugene University, Elizabeth.