William Louis Olsen

Background

Olsen, William Louis was born on July 31, 1943 in Brooklyn. Son of Technology Louis and Evelyn Olsen.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Upsala College, 1965; Master of Science, Long Island U., 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, Michigan State University, 1971.

Career

Postdoctoral research fellow, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany, 1971-1974; research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1974-1979; senior scientist, International Paper Research Center, Tuxedo, New York, 1979-1984; manager process biotechnology, Internat Paper., Corporation Research Center, Tuxedo, since 1985.

Achievements

• William Louis Olsen has been listed as a noteworthy Biotechnologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Warwick (New York) Conservation Board, 1985-1988, Warwick (New York) Democratic Committee, since 1988. Assistant executive director Greenwood Lake Watershed Management District, Hewitt, New Jersey, since 1989. Member American Society for Microbiology, National Forest Products Association (resource research committee since 1987, chairman subcommittee on biotechnology since 1989).

Connections

Married Priscilla Almquist, June 25,1965. Children: Erik, Annika.

Father:

Technology Olsen

Spouse:

Priscilla Almquist

child:

Annika Olsen

child:

Erik Olsen