National Science Olympiad History

The First Science Olympiad was held at Michigan State University on March 29, 1982. It was held by Macomb County Educators.

History
Copied directly from https://www.soinc.org/about/history "Science Olympiad began when Dr. Gerard J. Putz, Regional Science Consultant for Macomb County Intermediate School District in Michigan, invited John C. "Jack" Cairns, State Science Supervisor for Delaware Department of Instruction, to share the Science Olympiad program with Macomb County educators on March 29, 1982. The invitation was prompted by an article on the Delaware Science Olympiad (The Science Teacher, December 1977) written by Douglas Macbeth, past Delaware State Science Supervisor, that was brought to Dr. Putz's attention by Michigan Science Teachers Association President David Larwa. The Delaware Science Olympiad was patterned after similar events in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. After two successful workshops at the Macomb Intermediate School District (March 1982) and the Edsel and Eleanor Ford Estate (January 1983), science education leaders in Southeastern Michigan planned two very successful tournaments at Lawrence Institute of Technology (April 1983) and Oakland University (May 1984)."

First annual Science Olympiad competition
The first annual Science Olympiad competition was hosted by Michigan State University in May 1985. 17 states participated.

Website
You can go to https://www.soinc.org/about/history for more info.