Spencer Truman Olin

American businessman
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Quick Facts

IntroAmerican businessman
PlacesUnited States of America
wasBusinessperson
Work fieldBusiness
Gender
Male
Birth20 August 1900, Alton
Death14 April 1995Jupiter Island (aged 94 years)
Family
Father:Franklin W. Olin
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Biography

Spencer Truman Olin (August 20, 1900 - April 14, 1995) was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He was an executive of the Olin Corporation, founded in 1892 by his father, Franklin W. Olin. He was very active in the Republican Party throughout much of his adult life and served as the party's national finance chairman from 1958 to 1960 and treasurer of the Republican National Committee from 1960 to 1962. He married Ann Whitney. They established the Spencer T. & Ann W. Olin Foundation, which funds environmental groups and health and medical education and services. Spencer Olin died at his home in Jupiter Island, Florida in 1995 at age ninety-four.

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