Keith W. Olson

Professor
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1964
US History, 20th Century
phone: 301-405-4286
kwolson@umd.edu

Professor Keith Olson has published three books, including The G.I Bill, the Veterans, and the Colleges, which was runner-up for the Frederick Jackson Turner Prize of the Organization of American Historians. He also has published numerous articles and reviews. His current major research project is Eisenhower and civil rights. In 1986-1987, 1993-1994, and 2004 he served as a Fulbright Professor in Finland and is an honorary member of the Finnish Historical Society. Twice he has been the recipient of campus-wide Outstanding Teaching Awards. Related to twentieth-century presidential history in the United States, he has appeared on radio and television, including the History Channel and C-Span, and on television in Canada, New Zealand and Finland. In May 2000 the University of Tampere, Finland, awarded him an honorary PhD.