Mr. Olendorf received a thorough education at Public School No. 1, Jersey City, at a private school in New York City, at Mount Washington Collegiate Institute, and at Yale College, graduating from the latter with honor in the class of 1869. Subsequently he studied for one year in Berlin, Germany, and thus completed a liberal educational training which has served him so well in active life. Hav- ing studied law, he was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1876, as an attorney, and at once entered upon the active practice of his profession in Jersey City, where he has ever since enjoyed an extensive general clientage. Since 1888 he has also been title officer of the New Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Company of Jersey City, one of the most successful corporations of the kind in the country.

Mr. Olendorf brought to the bar great force of character, broad intellectual qualities, and all the attributes which make a successful lawyer. That he has used these gifts with honor to himself and credit to his profession is evident from the standing which he justly holds among his fellow lawyers. He is regarded as an able advocate and counselor, and in the field of real estate law especially has no superiors and few equals. His long and active connection with real estate matters and titles has won for him a high reputation as an expert. He has also taken a prominent part in public life, and in Bound Brook, N. J., where he resides, is a valued member of the Board of Education. He is also a member of the University Club, and as a citizen is progressive, enterprising, and public spirited, deeply interested in the welfare of the community, and respected and esteemed by all who know him.