Lynn Olman is an American politician who served in the

Ohio House of Representatives The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate. The House of Representatives first met in ...

from 1995 to 2004.

Early life and education

Olman grew up in

Maumee, Ohio Maumee ( ) is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. Located along the Maumee River, it is about 10 miles southwest of Toledo. The population was 14,286 at the 2010 census. Maumee was declared an All-America City by the National Civic L ...

. Olman is one of seven siblings. In 1965, he graduated from Maumee High School, where he played football, baseball, and track. In 1969, Olman earned a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from

Ohio University Ohio University is a Public university, public research university in Athens, Ohio. The first university chartered by an Act of Congress and the first to be chartered in Ohio, the university was chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confeder ...

. During college, Olman was involved in student government, the

Phi Delta Theta Phi Delta Theta (), commonly known as Phi Delt, is an international secret and social fraternity founded at Miami University in 1848 and headquartered in Oxford, Ohio. Phi Delta Theta, along with Beta Theta Pi and Sigma Chi form the Miami Triad ...

fraternity, and the Inter-College Church Council.

Career

In 1973, Olman became affiliated with

State Farm State Farm Insurance is a large group of mutual insurance companies throughout the United States with corporate headquarters in Bloomington, Illinois. Overview State Farm is the largest property and casualty insurance provider, and the la ...

. Building an insurance agency that represented over 3,000 families in Northwest Ohio, Olman has been recognized by State Farm by being named to the Millionaire Club every year since 1973, receiving the Legion Honor seven times, receiving the Bronze Tablet twice and has been honored nine times at national company conventions. Olman served as a member and President of Maumee City Council for fifteen years. Throughout his tenure, he served on nearly every council committee at some point, and was Council President/Vice Mayor for four years. In 1995, Olman was appointed to the

to represent the 51st House District, covering much of western Lucas County. He was subsequently elected to the seat in 1996, 1998 and 2000. He served as Chairman of the House Public Utilities Committee and sat on both the House Insurance and Ways and Means Committees. Olman served as co-chairman on the House Select Committee on Ohio's Energy Policy. He was also appointed by the Speaker of the House to serve on the Ohio Port Authority Advisory Council, the Joint Legislative Committee to study Ohio's Public Retirement Plans, the Ohio Lottery Profits Review Commission, the Joint Committee to study Electric Utility Deregulation, the Ohio Power Siting Board and the Legislative Commission on Lake Erie. Olman was also appointed to the Midwest-Canada Relations Committee of the Midwestern Legislative Conference (MLC) of the Council of State Governments, and he previously served as the co-chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee on Decentralization of State Government, helping to guide the publication of its final report in May 1998.

Personal life

Olman and his wife, Joyce, reside in

and have three sons. They are members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, where Olman and Joyce teach Sunday School.

References

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