Floyd Bjornstjerne Olson
IN MEMORIAM
1891 1936
FLOYD BJORNSTJERNE OLSON
TWENTY-SECOND GOVERNOR
OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
BORN IN NEAR POVERTY
SCHOOLED IN ADVERSITY
INTIMATE WITH HUNGER AND WANT
OUT OF THIS CRUCIBLE
CAME PIONEER LEADERSHIP
WITH PURPOSEFUL DIRECTION
AND THE INDOMITABLE COURAGE
TO SEEK NEW FRONTIERS
OF ECONOMIC SECURITY
FOR THE UNDERPRIVILEGED
TO THAT WHICH HE WROUGHT
AN ENDURING MEMORIAL IS BUILDED
IN THE HEARTS OF HIS PEOPLE
Submitted by @gkatz