Olaf Fink

{{Short description|American politician and educator}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name=Olaf James Fink

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| nationality=American

| office= Louisiana State Senator for
Algiers (15th Ward of New Orleans)

| party=Democratic

| term_start=1956

| term_end=1972

| preceded=

| succeeded=Delegation reduced from eight to seven members

| birth_date={{birth date|1914|3|15}}

| death_date={{death date and age|1973|3|26|1914|3|15}}

| birth_place=New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

| death_place=New Orleans, Louisiana

| resting_place=Westlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Gretna, Louisiana

| residence=New Orleans, Louisiana

| occupation=Educator and politician

| alma_mater=S. J. Peters Boys High School of Commerce

Spring Hill College

Loyola University New Orleans

| parents= Charles Peter and Mary Caroline Lind Fink

| spouse=Doris Jean Smith Fink

| children=No children

| branch=United States Navy Reserve

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Olaf James Fink (March 15, 1914 – March 26, 1973) was a Louisiana educator and politician who served as a Democrat in the Louisiana State Senate from 1956 to 1972.{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880 - Present: Orleans Parish|publisher=senate.la.gov|accessdate=July 7, 2015}}

Born in Algiers, New Orleans, Fink received a B.A. from Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, followed by an M.A. from Loyola University in New Orleans. After a lengthy high school teaching career, he served in the state senate for sixteen years.Olaf J. Fink obituary, New Orleans Times-Picayune, March 27, 1973. The Olaf Fink Center for Pre-Vocational Education in New Orleans was named for him in 1974, the year after his death,{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site23.php|title=Fink, Olaf J.|publisher=A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography by the Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=July 7, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923115526/http://lahistory.org/site23.php|archivedate=September 23, 2010}} and existed until it was sold by the local government in 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.louisianalandmarks.org/preserve/new-orleans-nine-archive/2005-2011-listings-in-the-media|title=Olaf Fink Center sold by School Board|date=February 1, 2011|newspaper=The New Orleans Times-Picayune|author=Martha Carr|accessdate=July 7, 2015}}

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