Biography of Arvin Solomon Olin Excerpted from "Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1911-1912", Edited by Geo. W. Martin, Secretary. Vol XII., State Printing Office, Topeka, Kansas 1912. submitted by Teresa Lindquist (merope@radix.net); (copyright) 2001 by Teresa Lindquist ----------------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ARVIN SOLOMON OLIN, professor of education at the University of Kansas, was born October 19, 1855, at Eden, Clinton county, Iowa, the son of Nelson Olin and Harriet Holley Olin. The father was born at Perry, N. Y., May 28, 1827, and died at El Dorado, Kan., December 28, 1908. The mother was born at Gainesville, N. Y., December 18, 1827, and died at Earlville, Ohio, April 11, 1866. Before coming to Kansas the subject of this sketch lived in Iowa, California, Ohio and Michigan. He attended the common schools in all the states named, the Ottawa University, the University of Kansas, Clark University, and the University of Chicago. He belongs to various educational organizations, and has been president of the Kansas State Teachers' Association (1901), and member of the State Board of Education. He has been engaged in educational work in Kansas since May, 1871, when he began teaching a district school at Ridgeway, Osage county. He served as first professor of education in Ottawa University and the University of Kansas, also as superintendent of schools, Ottawa, 1889-'90, Kansas City, Kan., 1890-'93. September 6, 1882, he was married at Lawrence to Martha Davis, in 1911. (Included with the article "Universities of Fifty Years Ago and the University of Kansas To-day.", page 82)