Estelle Louise Jensen

Louise Jensen Stakman (May 25, 1888 – January 10, 1962) was an American plant pathologist.

Early life On May 25, 1888, Estelle Louise Jensen was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Education Jensen received an A.B. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1909 and an A.M. degree from Smith College in 1910.

Career From 1912 to 1913, Jensen was a xylotomist for the recently formed Forest Products Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture. During the period 1913–1917, Jensen was an instructor in mycology for the University of Minnesota and a researcher at the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. Her research interests included imperfect fungi that are pathogens of cereals.

Personal life In 1917, Jensen married Professor Elvin C. Stakman. They had no children. On January 10, 1962, she died suddenly and unexpectedly in Minnesota, aged 73. She is buried as Louise Jensen Stakman at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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