Curtis George Norval Olson (March 26, 1908 – October 15, 2004), a.k.a. Curtis G. Olson, was a North Dakota

North Dakota

North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....

 public servant and politician with the Republican Party

North Dakota Republican Party

The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...

 who served as the North Dakota State Auditor

North Dakota State Auditor

The North Dakota State Auditor is a political office in North Dakota. The auditor's duty is to oversee the three divisions of the Office of the State Auditor: State Audit, which audits the state of North Dakota; Local Government Audit, which performs audits of counties, school districts, and other...

 from 1957 to 1972. Prior to serving as Auditor, he was in the North Dakota House of Representatives

North Dakota House of Representatives

The North Dakota House of Representatives is the lower house of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly and is larger than the North Dakota Senate....

 from 1941 to 1946. His death at the age of 96 in 2004 made him the second longest-lived statewide official ever to serve the state, behind Robert S. Lewis

Robert S. Lewis

Robert S. Lewis was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as the 7th Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota under John Burke. Lewis also served in the North Dakota Senate from 1901 to 1904...

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