Background
Sandsten, Emil Peter was born on September 15, 1868 in Nybro, Kalmar, Sweden. Son of farmer Joel and Charlotte (Gustafson) Johansson. Emil and his siblings took the new family name Sandsten.
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Emil Peter Sandsten, Swedish horticulturist. Member State and Federal Soil Conservation bds., Colorado State Planning Board, Fort Collins, Zoning Board; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; member Royal Horticultural Society of England, Society American Foresters, Colorado Wyoming Academy of Science New York Academy of Science, Colo-Ednl. Association, Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa Phi.
Education
Came to the United States, 1887, naturalized, 1894. Graduate School Agriculture University of Minnesota, 1891, Bachelor of Science, 1895, Master of Science, 1898. Doctor of Philosophy., Cornell, 1903.
Career
1 daughter, Emilie Dew (Mistress Edmundo Lassalle). Professor horticulture and head Department, University of Wisconsin, 1903-1911. In commercial horticulture, Montana, 1911-1913.
Professor horticulture, state horticulturist, Colorado State College, 1913-1933. Dean. agriculture and director Colorado Agricultural Experimental Station, 1933-1939, emeritus professor since July 1, 1939.
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Membership
Member State and Federal Soil Conservation bds., Colorado State Planning Board, Fort Collins, Zoning Board. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Royal Horticultural Society of England, Society American Foresters, Colorado Wyoming Academy of Science New York Academy of Science, Colo-Ednl.
Association, Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa Phi.
Connections
Married Pearl Dew, of Norfolk, Virginia, September 24, 1903.
