title: Estelle Louise Jensen
text: # Estelle Louise Jensen
  
  Estelle Louise Jensen (25 May 1888 – 10 January 1962) was an American plant pathologist.
  
  ## Early life
  
  On May 25, 1888, Jensen was born as Estelle Louise Jensen 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 Elvin C. Stakman, a professor. They have no children.
  
  On January 10, 1962, Jensen died suddenly and unexpectedly in Minnesota. Jensen was 73. Jensen is buried as Louise Jensen Stakman at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  
  ## Selected publications
  
  * Stakman, Louise J. (July 1920). A Helminthosporium Disease of Wheat and Rye. Bulletin. Vol. 191. St. Paul, MN: University of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station.
  * Stakman, Louise J. (1923). "Some fungi causing root and foot rots of cereals". Studies in Plant Science. University of Minnesota: 140–153.
  