Background
Olson, Robert August was born on April 14, 1917 in Fullerton, Nebraska, United States. Son of Per August and Mary (Jacobson) Olson.
Olson, Robert August was born on April 14, 1917 in Fullerton, Nebraska, United States. Son of Per August and Mary (Jacobson) Olson.
Bachelor of Science, University Nebraska, 1938; Master of Sciences, University Nebraska, 1949.
Soil technologist, United States Department of Agriculture, Oklahoma, Nebraska, 1938-1942;
expert agronomist, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1946-1948;
instructor agronomy, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1948-1950;
assistant professor, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1950-1953;
associate professor, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1953-1957;
professor, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, since 1957. Consultant Organisation European Economic Cooperative, Paris, 1958. Head soils section International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1962.
Manager FFHC Fertilizer program Food & Agriculture Organisation, Rome, 1967-1968. Acting director Joint Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations)-International Atomic Energy Agency Division Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organisation, Vienna, 1974-1975. Member committee National Academy Science, Tropical Soils, 1970-1972.
Member wheat delegate to, People's Republican of China,1976.
(Book by Olson, R. A.)
President Wesley Foundation, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1961. Member Nebraska Governor's Radiation Advisory Council, since 1981. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946.
Fellow American Society Agronomy, Soil Science Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member International Society Soil Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta.
Married Jean Elizabeth Wade, January 30, 1939. Children: James Robert, Dianne Elizabeth, Patrick Eugene.