Meet Robert & Elizabeth Olmsted
children of George W. & Iva Catherine Olmsted
On June 17, 1904, George Welsh Olmsted  married Iva Catherine Groves, daughter of Mary Angeline Pendelton and the Reverend Anthony Groves.   Their first child, Robert G. Olmsted, was born in 1908 and his sister, Elizabeth (Betty), was born in 1912.

Robert G. Olmsted was born in Buffalo, NY and raised a few hours south in tiny, scenic Ludlow, PA, where his father owned a tannery. His father also was a co-founder, with Ellis Phillips, of the Long Island Lighting Company, which began operations in December 1910. Robert Olmsted graduated from Yale College in 1931 and received his master's degree from Harvard Business School two years later. As a young man he worked in New York as a financial analyst for several years, then joined Long Island Lighting in 1937. He served with Long Island Lighting, or LILCO, as it came to be known, until his retirement in 1960, when he was vice chairman of the board.