2/12/14 - The legacy of a former Livingston County public servant will be honored through a college endowment. The Teresa L. Olson Scholarship Endowment was recently established in memory of the late wife of D. Joseph Olson, a founding member of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and its longest serving board member. The Mackinac Center is a free-market oriented think tank that advocates for lower taxes and reduced regulation. Originally called the Michigan Research Institute, Olson said his wife Teri came up with the idea to rename it the Mackinac Center as there was nothing more unique to Michigan than âMackinac.â Teri Olson once served as the Brighton Township deputy clerk and as a deputy supervisor in Green Oak Township. She also spent nearly two years as a legislative aide for former state representative Chris Ward. Olson passed away last July after a three year battle with cancer. The endowment will fund an intern annually from Hillsdale College who shows an aptitude in economics, political economy and the insurance and financial services industry. Olson said creating the endowment for a Hillsdale student to intern at the Mackinac Center ties together two entities he and Teri cared about deeply. (JK)
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