Robert Taft Olmstead Jr., MA ’66, PhD ’70 (English), of Sacramento, Calif., May 26, at 85, of pneumonia. He majored in English at Yale as an undergraduate and earned a bachelor of philosophy from St. Andrews University before attending Stanford. He was a professor of American literature at CSU Sacramento for 35 years. He was a passionate fly fisherman and edited two books about the sport. Survivors: his wife, Chris (von Saltza, ’65); and sons, Robert and Philip, ’01.
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