Background
Olson, Sylvester Irwin was born on April 2, 1907 in Herman, Minnesota, United States. Son of Jacob John and Theresia Mary (Kremer) Olson.
Olson, Sylvester Irwin was born on April 2, 1907 in Herman, Minnesota, United States. Son of Jacob John and Theresia Mary (Kremer) Olson.
Student, Marquette U., 1925-1926; Bachelor of Arts, University Minnesota, 1929; Juris Doctor, University of Minnesota, 1931.
Associate, Ewing & Lehmann, St. Paul, 1931-1933; associate, Harold E. Stassen, Elmer J. Ryan, Farmington, Minnesota, 1933-1934; member firm, Stassen, Olson, Kelly & LeVander, South St. Paul, Minnesota, 1935-1939; assistant county attorney, Dakota County, Minnesota, 1933-1939; deputy chief counsel, Department Rural Credit Minnesota, 1939-1942; chief counsel division administrative management, Minnesota, 1942-1943; attorney public relations counsel, Minnesota, 1944-1948; member firm, Brown, Olson & Clarke, Yakima, Washington associate counsel, Graves, Kizer & Graves, Spokane, 1949-1954; legal consultant, United Nations Economics Coordinator, Korea, 1954; minister embassy, director, United States Operations Mission to, Portugal minister embassy, director, United States Operations Mission to (Foreign Operations Administration), 1954-1955; deputy director, United States Operations Mission, International Cooperation Administration, also attache American Embassy, Tokyo, Japan, 1956-1958; assistant director office, Territories, Department Interior, 1959-1961; practiced in, Washington, 1962-1966; program adviser, Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, 1967-1968; director enforcement division, Environmental Protection Agency, 1969-1976; special assistant director water enforcement, Environmental Protection Agency, 1976-1977. President Wells Olson Company, Herman, 1946-1978. Director Pacific N.W., Trans-N.W.Gas, Inc., 1951-1955.
Chairman Citation Crusade for Freedom, Central Washington, 1951. Member Yakima Chamber of Commerce (director 1951-1953), Federal, Washington, Minnesota, District of Columbia Bar associations, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Phi Alpha Delta.
Married Virginia Varney Colbert, August 19, 1948. Children– Karen Therese, Eric Sylvester.