eventually folded into other programs at the University of Maryland. To honor Olson's many contributions, the American Political Science Association established the Olson Award for the best PhD dissertation in Political Economy. In 2013 the University of Maryland announced the creation of a new endowed professorship—the Mancur Olson Professor of Economics. Maryland Professor of Economics Peter Murrell was the first Mancur Olson Professor. Selected works Books Articles (with Martin C. McGuire) See also Institutional sclerosis Principles of Political Economy References External links Mancur Olson papers at the University of Maryland Libraries. 1932 births 1998 deaths American people of Norwegian descent Economists from North Dakota New institutional economists American political scientists American Rhodes Scholars American social sciences writers Public choice theory University of Maryland, College Park faculty University of Maryland College of Behavioral and Social Sciences people People from Grand Forks, North Dakota Harvard University alumni Alumni of University College, Oxford North Dakota State University alumni 20th-century American economists 20th-century American writers 20th-century political scientists