Background
Olsen, Stanley John was born on June 24, 1919 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of John Mons and Martha Louise (Marquardt) Olsen.
paleontologist anthropology educator
Olsen, Stanley John was born on June 24, 1919 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of John Mons and Martha Louise (Marquardt) Olsen.
1 child, John Wilfred. Staff department vertebrate paleontology Museum Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1945-1956. Vertebrate paleontologist Florida Geological Survey, Tallahassee, 1956-1968.
Member participating faculty department geology Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1957-1968, associate professor department anthropology, 1968-1972, professor, 1972-1973.
Zooarchaeologist Arizona State Museum, U. Arizona, Tucson, since 1973, professor department anthropology, U. Arizona, since 1973;participant field research Colombia, Belize, Canada, United States, People"s Republic of China. Conductor seminars in fields.
Staff department vertebrate paleontology Museum Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1945—1956. Vertebrate paleontologist Florida Geological Survey, Tallahassee, 1956—1968. Member participating faculty department geology Florida State University, 1957—1968, associate professor department anthropology, professor, 1972—1973.
Zooarchaeologist Arizona State Museum, University Arizona, Tucson, from 1973. Professor department anthropology University Arizona, from 1973. Participant field research, Colombia, Belize, Canada, United States, People's Republic of China.
Conductor seminars in fields. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Grants and awards include National Science Foundation, 1959, 61-63, 64-66, 67-69, 69-70, Bache Fund National Academy Sciences,1959, Johnson Fund American Philosophical Society, 1966, American Philosophical Society, 1970, Guide Foundation Peabody Museum Archaeology and Ethnology Harvard University, 1966, Florida State University Faculty for Improvement Social Sciences, 1969. Member Society Mammalogists, Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Society Vertebrate Paleontology (president 1965-1966), Society American Archaeology, Company Military Historians, Explorers.
Married Eleanor Louise Vinez, June 20, 1942. 1 child, John Wilfred.