Donald Olson:
CLASS OF 1964
East Jefferson High SchoolClass of 1964
Metairie, LA
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyClass of 1971
Cambridge, MA
Louisiana State University - EngineeringClass of 1969
Baton rouge, LA
Metairie Junior High SchoolClass of 1961
Metairie, LA
Saint Christopher SchoolClass of 1958
Metairie, LA
Donald's Story
Crammed a four year curriculum into five years at LSU.
Married Elizabeth (Betsy) Ritchey.
Moved to Boston (Everett) Mass for graduate school at MIT.
The Vietnam war was winding down so my active duty obligation in the Army was converted into time in the Reserves.
Worked at Shell Oil Co. in New Orleans for 9 years as an Operations/Reservoir Engineer.
Left Shell and spent 20 years at LL&E, a Fortune Five Hundred oil company in New Orleans.
Married Ellaine Wilson of Pensacola and had a daughter Brittany.
LL&E got bought by Burling...Expand for more
ton Resources and was able to "retire" in 1996.
Founded Energy Partners, Ltd. in 1998 and became a public company in 2000 (NYSE-EPL).
Left EPL in 2003 (retired again??) and did consulting as Cambridge Consulting.
First grandchild Molly born 2013. Grandparents all of a sudden. Getting old.
Still consulting. Currently with Saratoga Resources, Covington, LA
Spend my free(?) time maintaining my 42 year old home on the Metairie lakefront and
Biking, flying radio controlled helicopters, ham radio operator (WA5W) and woodworking.
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