Background
Carstensen, Vernon was born on December 28, 1907 in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States. Son of Frederick Herman and Amelia (Kruse) Carstensen.
Carstensen, Vernon was born on December 28, 1907 in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States. Son of Frederick Herman and Amelia (Kruse) Carstensen.
Bachelor, Iowa State Teachers College, 1928. Master of Arts, State University Iowa, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy, State University Iowa, 1936.
High school teacher, Minnesota and Iowa, 1928-1931. Teacher history Central Washington College Education, 1935-1942. Historian War Department, 1942-1945.
Research associate University Wisconsin, 1945-1948, assistant professor, 1948-1950, associate professor, 1950-1954, professor, 1954-1964. Associate dean University Wisconsin (Graduate School), 1960-1964. Professor history University Washington, Seattle, 1964-1977, professor emeritus, since 1977.
Visiting professor University Washington, 1941, University Oregon, summer session 1954, University California at Berkeley, 1958. Visiting professor under Smith-Mundt grant University Stockholm, 1956-1957. Member advisory council National Archives, 1972-1978.
Advisory committee Bicentennial State Histories, 1972-1979. Board curators Washington State History Society, 1964-1984.
Fellow Wisconsin History Society. Member Agricultural History Society (president 1958-1959), Organization American Historians, Western History Association (president 1980-1981), Washington History Society (Robert Gray merit award 1977), Oregon History Society, American Association of University Professors.
Married Mary Buffum Hill, May 30, 1936 (deceased June 1971). Children: Peter Christian, Frederick Vernon. Married Jeannette Davies Sogge, September 9, 1973.