Background
Olson, Sigurd Ferdinand was born on April 4, 1889 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Lawrence J. and Ida May (Cedarholm) Olson.
Olson, Sigurd Ferdinand was born on April 4, 1889 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Lawrence J. and Ida May (Cedarholm) Olson.
Student Northland College, 1916-1918. Bachelor of Science, University Wisconsin, 1920, postgraduate, 1922-1923. Master of Sciences, University Illinois, 1931.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hamline U. Honorary Doctor of Science, Northland College, 1961, Macalester College, 1963, Carleton College, 1965, University of Wisconsin, 1972.
Ely (Minnesota) Junior College, 1922-1935, dean, 1935-1946. Zoology department American Army University, Shrivenham, England, 1945. I and East. Division, United States Army, Germany, France, Italy, Austria, 1946.
Ecologist Izaak Walton League American.
Consultant, free-lance writer, lector, science researcher Consultant to secretary interior, director National Park Service, 1962-1982, Quetico-Superior Committee.
Advisory board on national parks, monuments, historic sites Secretary Interior, 1960-1965. Consultant Time-Life Books, National Geography Books, Readers Digest, Kodansha-International/United States of America Limited., Japan.
Served in the United States Army, 1918. Fellow Association Interpretive Naturalists. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Parks Association (president 1955-1960), Ecological Society American.
Mason.
Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Elizabeth Dorothy Uhrenholdt, August 8, 1921. Children: Sigurd T., Robert K. Head biology department.