MINOT, N.D. - Gordon B. Olson, the longest-serving president of Minot State University, died Tuesday. He was 84.

A funeral home notice said Olson died at a Minot nursing home.

The school said Olson was Minot State's sixth president and held that job for 25 years, from 1967 to 1992. He led the school's effort to gain university status, which it achieved in 1987, and the campus library is named for him.

Olson earlier was a dean and vice president at Dickinson State, where he earned a bachelor's degree. He earned graduate degrees at the University of North Dakota.

Olson graduated from Almont High School and taught in Almont and Belfield.