Wayne Godfrey Sanstead | |
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18th North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction | |
In office January 1, 1985 –January 1, 2013 | |
Governor | George A. Sinner Ed Schafer John Hoeven Jack Dalrymple |
Preceded by | Joseph Crawford |
Succeeded by | Kirsten Baesler |
31st Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota | |
In office January 2,1973 –January 6,1981 | |
Governor | Art Link |
Preceded by | Richard F. Larsen |
Succeeded by | Ernest Sands |
Member of the North Dakota Senate from the 5th district | |
In office 1971 [1] –1973 [1] | |
Succeeded by | Rolland W. Redlin |
Member of the North Dakota House of Representatives [1] | |
In office 1965 [1] –1970 [1] | |
Personal details | |
Born | Hot Springs,Arkansas,U.S. | April 16,1935
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Mary Jane Bober [1] |
Alma mater | St. Olaf College,B.A.,1957 Northfield,Minnesota;Northwestern University,M.A. in Speech [2] [3] in 1967; [3] University of North Dakota,Doctorate in secondary education. |
Profession | Teacher [2] |
Wayne Godfrey Sanstead (born April 16,1935) [4] served as the North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1985 to January 1,2013,and from 1972 to 1981 as the 31st lieutenant governor of North Dakota.
Sanstead was born in Hot Springs,Arkansas,on April 16,1935,to Godfrey A. and Clara (Buen) Sanstead. [1] Sanstead married Mary Jane Bober [5] on June 16,1957. [1] [6] They have two children,Timothy Wayne &Jonathan Paul. [5]
In 1957 Sanstead received his B.A. from St. Olaf College,and in 1967 his Master of Arts [2] in Speech [3] from Northwestern University. [3] Stanstead earned his doctorate in secondary education from the University of North Dakota. [2]
Sanstead was the longest serving chief state school officer in the United States. [7] Previously,Sanstead served eight years in the North Dakota House of Representatives (1965–1970),two years in the N.D. Senate (1971–1973),and as the 31st Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota serving under Governor Art Link (1973–1981).
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