Draftsman, B. Dudley Stuart, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1938-1939; Designer, H.B. Foss, Architect, Juneau, AK, 1939-1941

B.Arch., University of Washington, Seattle, 1937; Olsen was a graduating senior in the same class as Edward J. Baar (1913-2003), Paul H. Kirk (1914-1995), John A. Rohrer (1914-2004), and George J. Wimberly (1914-1995).