Background
Olsen, Kenneth Harry was born on February 20, 1926 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of Oswald and Svea (Nordling) Olsen.
manufacturing company executive
Olsen, Kenneth Harry was born on February 20, 1926 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of Oswald and Svea (Nordling) Olsen.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952.
Electrical engineer Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950-1957. Founder, president Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts, 1957-1992, president emeritus, since 1992. Chairman Advanced Modular Solutions, Inc., Boxborough.
Board director Polaroid Corporation, Ford Motor Corporation, Corporation at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Co-founder, chairman Computer Museum, 1979. With United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946.
Member President's Science Advisory Committee, 1971—1973, Corporation Museum of Science, Boston. Trustee, vice president Joslin Diabetes Foundation. Member corporation Wentworth Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.
Trustee Gordon College, Wenham. Deacon Park Street Church, Boston. Fellow: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Engineering Leadership award 1986, Founders medal 1993, the first Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society Entrepreneur award 1986).
Member: American Academy Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (member computer science and engineering board), National Academy of Engineering.
Married Eeva-Liisa Aulikki Valve, December 12, 1950 (deceased 2009). Children: Ava, James, Glenn(deceased).