Lyndon Lowell Olson, Jr.

Lyndon Lowell Olson, Jr.

Infobox Ambassador
name=Lyndon L. Olson, Jr.


image_size=150px
caption=
order=
ambassador_from=United States
country=Sweden
term_start=1998
term_end=2001
predecessor=Thomas L. Siebert
successor=Charles A. Heimbold, Jr.
president=Bill Clinton
birth_place=Waco, Texas
death_date=
death_place=
spouse=Kay Woodward Olson
children=
party=Democratic
profession=Banker
religion= Presbyterian
alma_mater= Baylor University

Lyndon Lowell Olson, Jr., born 1947, is an American politician and diplomat.

In 1997 Olson was nominated by President Clinton to be Ambassador to Sweden and went on to serve in this capacity until 2001. Olson served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1973 until 1978.

Olson was appointed "The Swedish-American of 2002" by the Vasa Order of America. [http://www.saccny.org/main/scholarship/donors/olson/]

References

* [http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legis/members/roster.cfm Composition of Texas House of Representatives]


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