Dr. Wayne Sanstead reflects on his career as ND Superintendent of Public Instruction

Prairie Public Broadcasting | By Prairie Public

Published December 3, 2018 at 1:18 PM CST

Dr. Wayne Sanstead served as North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1985-2013. In this segment from his visit to the StoryCorps MobileBooth in Bismarck, he speaks with his son, Jon, about his career, military service, meeting President Truman, and how he'd like to be remembered.

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