Education
He graduated as an engineer from the University of Ghent.
engineer entrepreneur politician senator
He graduated as an engineer from the University of Ghent.
He was the son of Henricus Vanderstegen and Rosa de Cavel. Current descendants are the Vanderstegen family in Ghent. During his political career he became municipality Council member in Ghent (1907–1947), burgomaster of Ghent (1921–1941) and senator (1936–1947) for the liberal party.