Olmstead
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Olmstead may refer to:
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[edit] People
- Bert Olmstead, a Canadian ice hockey player
- Frank Olmstead, chair of the War Resisters League in the 1940s
- Frederick Law Olmsted, an American landscape designer and father of American landscape architecture, famous for designing many well-known urban parks, including Central Park and Prospect Park in New York City.
- Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., a conservationist, and a landscape architect like his father, Frederick Law Olmsted.
- Kevin Olmstead, a chemical engineer from Ann Arbor, Michigan who won $2.18 million on the television gameshow Who Wants to be a Millionare
- Marla Olmstead, an abstract artist.
- Matt Olmstead, an American writer and producer for television shows.
- C. Michelle Olmstead, an American astronomer
- Charles H. Olmstead, a CSA Colonel in command of Fort Pulaski in April of 1862. After a continuous bombardment of 30 hours the walls were breached and the Fort was surrendered. It was the first effective use of rifled cannon against a masonry fortification and thus marked an epoch in military history.
[edit] Case Law
- Olmstead v. United States, a decision of the United States Supreme Court concerning the legality of wiretapping by government officials.
- Olmstead, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Human Resources, et al. v. L. C., by zimring, guardian ad litem and next friend, et al. , a decision of the United States Supreme Court defining mental illness as a disability covered under title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and requiring deinstitutionalization.
[edit] Other
- Lake Olmstead Stadium, a stadium in Augusta, Georgia used primarily by the Augusta GreenJackets baseball team.
[edit] See also
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