August 1956 (age 57)

Nothing to report.


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August 1971 (age 72)

Early in the month, the whole family arrived in Ely to help Sigurd and Elizabeth celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on August 8th. On August 27th, Sigurd gave the keynote address at the first environmental conference to be held at Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin. At lunch that day, the college's new president, Malcolm McLean, and another official, Bob Matteson, broached the idea with Sigurd about starting up an environmental institute at the college. This was the first discussion that led to the creation of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute.


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