Melvin Eugene Olsen

Background

Olsen, Melvin Eugene was born on July 16, 1938 in Baker, Oregon, United States. Son of Clifford Eugene and Zelpha Lucille (Carnes) Olsen.

Education

Student, Brigham Young University, 1963.

Career

Forklift and truck driver Smith Canning Company, Pendleton, Oregon, 1962-1963. Section head genealogical department Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Church, Salt Lake City, 1965-1968, systems manager, 1968-1980, manager names processing systems, since 1980. Corresponding member International Council Archives Automation committee, Paris, since 1977.

Member program committee 1969 World Conference on Records, Salt Lake City, registration committee 1981 World Conference on Records, Salt Lake City.

Achievements

• Melvin Eugene Olsen has been listed as a noteworthy computer systems manager by Marquis Who's Who.

Views

Contemporary Christian beliefs over centuries became a mixture of the truth and of errors. Therefore, conventional Christian churches lost the authority of God.

Membership

Volunteer firefighter United States Forest Service, Pendleton, 1957-1958. Chairman Planning and Zoning committee, South Salt Lake, Utah, 1978-1986, Mayor and City Council Re-election Commission, South Salt Lake, Utah, 1985, councilman City of South Salt Lake, since 1986. First vice chairman Association Municipal Councils, Salt Lake County, Utah, 1987-1989, chairman, since 1989.

Board directors Salt Lake Symphony, since 1988. District vice chairman Boy Scouts American, Great Salt Lake Council, 1973. Served with United States Army Reserve, 1955-1963.

Member Sons of the American Revolution (state registrar 1965-1966).

Connections

Married Mary Ellen Ottesen, May 10, 1963. Children: Jeanine, Janette, Steven Mel, Michael Eugene.

Father:

Clifford Eugene Olsen

Mother:

Zelpha Lucille (Carnes) Olsen

Spouse:

Mary Ellen Ottesen

child:

Steven Mel Olsen

child:

Michael Eugene Olsen

child:

Janette Olsen

child:

Jeanine Olsen