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American academic administrator, government official and politician
Glenn Olds
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American academic administrator, government official and politician
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Male
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Birth:
28 February 1921(Sherwood, Washington County, Oregon, USA)
Death:
11 March 2006
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Willamette University
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Biography
Introduction
Glenn A. Olds (February 28, 1921 – March 11, 2006) was an American academic administrator, government official and politician.Olds was raised in Oregon and attended Willamette University. Olds served as the president of Springfield College in western Massachusetts from 1958 to 1965, of Kent State University in Ohio from 1971 to 1977, and of Alaska Pacific University from 1977 to 1988. In 1986, he was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate from the state of Alaska, which he lost to incumbent Frank Murkowski.He also served as commissioner of the Alaska Department of Commerce and Economic Development during the second governorship of Walter Hickel in the early 1990s.
Electoral history
- United States Senate election in Alaska, 1986
Blanket primary results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Murkowski (inc.) | 91,705 | 63.11 | |
| Democratic | Glenn Olds | 36,995 | 25.46 | |
| Democratic | Bill Barnes | 4,871 | 3.35 | |
| Libertarian | Chuck House | 4,265 | 2.94 | |
| Democratic | Dave J. Carlson | 4,211 | 2.90 | |
| Democratic | Michael J. Bruner | 1,809 | 1.24 | |
| Democratic | Karl Francis | 1,454 | 1.00 | |
| Total votes | 145,310 | 100.00 | ||
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Murkowski (inc.) | 97,674 | 54.02% | +0.34% | |
| Democratic | Glenn Olds | 79,727 | 44.10% | -1.84% | |
| Libertarian | Chuck House | 3,161 | 1.75% | ||
| Write-ins | 239 | 0.13% | |||
| Majority | 17,947 | 9.93% | +2.17% | ||
| Turnout | 180,801 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||