Arthur Stayner

Education

Stayner studied the sugar industry in California.

Career

In 1887, he produced the first 7,000 pounds of commercial sugar in Utah and received a $5000 award from the legislature for doing southern This company was ultimately instrumental in the building of a $400,000 beet sugar factory, constructed by East. H. Dyer in 1891 at Lehi. The company was so successful that it encouraged the building of other factories in Utah and Idaho that resulted in great economic growth in the two states from the research and the manufacturing of sugars and sugar syrups.

Stayner became a prominent citizen of Salt Lake City.

He died on 4 September 1899, from sepsis stemming from a lead pellet which became embedded in his heel. Although amputation of his limb was considered by a physician, the infection had permeated his body and it was too late to save him.

Achievements

• Although Stayner was not interested in financial gain from sugar manufacture, because of his energetic work he is regarded as the "father and founder of the movement that made the manufacture of sugar in Utah a success.".

Personality

He was energetic, and using his property, he conducted experiments with sugar cane, sorghum cane, and sugar beets in Utah.