Frank Olmstead
Frank Olmstead was an American politician and accountant who served as the 18th Auditor of New Mexico from 1971 to 1974.Olmstead was born in Cimarron, New Mexico, and attended Maxwell High School in Maxwell, New Mexico. Olmstead served in the United States Army Air Corps and United States Army during World War II, where he was stationed in England and Germany and fought in the Battle of the Bulge.Career
After his discharge from the Army, Olmstead graduated from New Mexico Highlands University. He later became a Certified Public Accountant in Las Vegas, New Mexico, before serving as the town's mayor from 1962 to 1966. Olmstead then relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico, with his family, where he continued to work as a CPA. Olmstead served as the 18th Auditor of New Mexico from 1971 to 1974. He was a member of the Democratic Party.Personal life
Olmstead and his wife, Audrey Kern, had four children. After suffering from thyroid cancer, Olmstead died on January 28, 2004, in Walsenburg, Colorado.