A lawyer and politician, was the president and guiding force of the
Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association,
a private organization designed to promote the planting of trees and shrubs,
and the development of Madison's park system.
After 1909 Olin retired from most public affairs because of ill health, but
continued to live in Madison. In recognition of his services in this capacity,
the city named
Olin Park in his honor in 1924,
the same year of his death.
Interred at Forest Hill
