Robert Eugene Olson

Background

Olson, Robert Eugene was born on January 23, 1919 in Minnesota, United States. Son of Ralph William and Minnie (Holtin) Olson.

Education

AB, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, St. Louis University, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard, 1951.

Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 1983.

Career

Postgraduate research assistant biochemistry, St. Saint Louis University School Medicine, 1938-1943; assistant biochemistry, St. Saint Louis University School Medicine, 1943-1944; Alice A. Doisy professor biochemistry, department chairman biochemistry, St. Saint Louis University School Medicine, 1965-1982; associate professor medicine, St. Saint Louis University School Medicine, 1966-1972; professor medicine, St. Saint Louis University School Medicine, 1972-1982; visiting professor (sabbatical) department biochemistry, U. Freiburg, Breisgau, West Germany, 1970-1971; also, Hoffman-La Roche Company, Basel, Switzerland, 1970-1971; instructor biochemistry and nutrition, Harvard School Public Health, 1946-1947; research fellow, Nutrition Foundation, 1947-1949; research fellow, American Heart Association, 1949-1951; established investigator, American Heart Association, 1951-1952; house officer, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1951-1952; professor, head department biochemistry and nutrition, Graduate School Public Health U. Pittsburgh lecturer medicine, School Medicine, 1952-1965; member panel malnutrition, Japan-United States Medical Sciences Program, 1965-1969; director, Nutrition Clinic, Falk Clinic, 1953-1965; member senior staff, Presbyterian Hospital director metabolic unit, Presbyterian Hospital, 1960-1965; member of staff, St. Saint Louis University Hospital, 1965-1981; professor biochemistry, professor medicine, associate dean academic affairs, U. Pittsburgh School Medicine, 1982-1984; professor medicine, professor pharmaceutical science, State University of New York-Stony Brook, 1984-1990; professor emeritus, State University of New York-Stony Brook, 1990-1994; professor pediatrics, U. South Florida, Tampa, since 1994. Consultant Mercy Hospital, U. Pittsburgh Medical Center. Associate in medicine St. Margaret's Memorial Hospital, Pittsburgh, director metabolic unit, 1954-1960.

Consultant division research grants United States Public Health Service, 1954-1969, 72-76. Director Anemia and Malnutrition Center, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1967-1977. Visiting scholar department biochemistryOxford (England) University, 1961-1962.

Visiting professor department biochemistry U. Freiburg, West Germany, 1970-1971. Member food and nutrition board National Research Council, 1977-1983. Member of advisory council National Institute Arthritis, Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 1981-1985.

William A. Noyes lecturer University of Illinois, Urbana, 1980.

Achievements

• Robert Eugene Olson has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, biochemist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Annual Review of Nutrition: 1985

    (Volume 5, 1985 Book by Olson, Robert E., Beutler, Ernest)

  • Annual Review of Nutrition: 1992

    (Book by Olson, Robert E., Dennis M. Bier, and Donald B. M...)

  • Annual Review of Nutrition: 1988

    (Book by Olson, Robert E., Beutler, Ernest)

  • Annual Review of Nutrition: 1991

    (Volume 11, 1991)

  • Annual Review of Nutrition, 1987

    (volume 7, 1987)

  • Annual Review of Nutrition: 1989

    (volume 9, 1989)

  • Annual Review of Nutrition/1986

    (Volume 6, 1986)

Membership

Board directors National Nutrition Consortium, 1977-1981, American Council on Science and Health, 1984-1991. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow American College of Physicians, International Academy Cardiovasc.

Sciences, American Public Health Association (chairman food and nutrition section 1960-1961), American Institute Nutrition (president 1981-1982, Conrad Elvehjem award 1998), Association American Physicians. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (secretary medical science N. section 1965-1967), American Association Cancer Research, American Heart Association, American Medical Association (member council food and nutrition 1959-1967, vice chairman 1962-1967), Royal Society Health (London), New York Academy of Sciences, American Federation Clinical Research, American Society Clinical Investigation, Boyleston Medical Society, American Chemical Society (president biochemistry group Pittsburgh section 1960-1961), American Society Biological Chemists, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Society Clinical Nutrition (president 1961-1962, McCollum award 1965, Herman award 2002), Association Medical School Departments Biochemistry (president 1979-1980), Pennsylvania, St. Louis, Allegheny County medical societies, American Society Study Liver Diseases, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Alpha Omega Alpha, Alpha Sigma Nu. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington), Countryside Country Club (Clearwater, Florida).

Connections

Married Catherine Silvoso, October 21, 1944. Children: Barbara Lynn, Robert E., Mark Alan, Mary Ellen, Carol Louise.

Father:

Ralph William Olson

Mother:

Minnie (Holtin) Olson

Spouse:

Catherine Silvoso

child:

Barbara Lynn Olson

child:

Robert E. Olson

child:

Carol Louise Olson

child:

Mary Ellen Olson

child:

Mark Alan Olson