Susan L. Klaus
Susan L. Klaus is an independent historian. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, she earned master’s degrees from Harvard University Graduate School of Education and the Department of American Studies of George Washington University, where she trained as an urban historian. Her interests in the development of Washington, D.C., and in planning history led her to explore aspects of the career of Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. Klaus has published numerous articles on Olmsted Jr. and the work of the Olmsted firm. She is author of the LALH award-winning book A Modern Arcadia: Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and the Plan for Forest Hills Gardens and a coauthor of A Part of Us Forever: A Centennial History of St. Catherine’s School. A former member of the board and the board of advisors of the National Association of Olmsted Parks, Klaus also has served on the board of the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.