Mancur Olson: Difference between revisions

While serving in the U.S. Air Force, Olson became a lecturer in the Economics Department of the [[United States Air Force Academy]] from 1961 to 1963.<ref name="journal" /> He then became an assistant professor at [[Princeton University]] in 1963.<ref name="death" /><ref name=nyt>{{cite news|author1=Peter Passell|title=Mançur Olson, 66, a Professor and Author of Economics Books|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/24/business/mancur-olson-66-a-professor-and-author-of-economics-books.html|work=New York Times|date=February 24, 1998}}</ref> Afterwards, he served as Deputy Assistant [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services|Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare]] for two years in [[Washington, D.C.]] In 1969, he left government and joined the economics department of the [[University of Maryland, College Park]], where he remained until his death.<ref name=nyt/>

Olson married his wife, Allison, in 1959, and theythe couple had three children.<ref name="archive">{{cite web |title=Collection: Mancur Olson papers |url=https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1335 |website=archives.lib.umd.edu |publisher=University of Maryland, College Park |access-date=21 February 2022}}</ref> At the time of his death, he was a resident of College Park, Maryland.<ref name="death" />

On February 19, 1998, Olson, diedthen 66 years of age, suddenly collapsed outside his office after returning from lunch. He never regained consciousness and died on the same day. The cause of death was later determined to be a [[heart attack. He was 66 at the time of death]].<ref name="death" />