Résumé

Military service, US Army, 1942-1946.

Draftsman, Henry C. Bertelsen, Architect, Spokane, WA, 1955. (See Spokane, Washington, City Directory, 1955, p. 750.)

Draftsman, Clark and Stromquist, Architects, Palo Alto, CA, 1956-1857.

Draftsman, Clark, Stromquist, Potter and Ehrlich, Architects, Palo Alto, CA, 1957-1967.

Architect, Clark, Stromquist and Potter, Architects, Palo Alto, CA, 1968-1969.

Partner, Clark, Stromquist and Sandstrom, Architects, Palo Alto, CA, 1970- . In 1970, the Clark, Stromquist and Sandstrom office was at 3200 Hanover Street in Palo Alto. (See "Sandstrom, Paul Wesley," American Architects Directory, 3rd Edition, 1970, John F. Gane, ed., [New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1970], p. 798.)

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), 1966-2018.

College

B.S., Architecture, Washington State College (WSC), Pullman, WA, 1950.

College Awards

Elected to Scarab, Washington State College (WSC), Pullman, WA, c. 1950.

Recipient, Scarab Design Award, Washington State College (WSC), Pullman, WA, 1950.

Relocation

Paul Wesley Sandstrom was a native of Spokane, WA, where he was born on 08/08/1924, the son of Helmer and Agnes Sandstrom. He was baptized in the Salem Lutheran Church on 11/30/1924. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Swenson Swedish Immigration Center; Rock Island, Illinois, USA; Swedish American Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, and Burials; Parish: Salem Lutheran Church; SSIRC Film Number: PNW-58 (2), accessed 04/22/2024.)

He served in the US Army during the Second World War, from 1942 through 1946. After wartime service he matriculated at Washington State College, graduating in 1950.

In 1955, Sandstrom worked for architect Henry C. Bertelsen in Spokane, WA, and lived at West 1403 Mission Avenue in Spokane. (See Spokane, Washington, City Directory, 1955, p. 750.) The Sandstroms left Spokane for CA in either late 1955 or early 1956.

Sandstrom nade his way to Palo Alto, CA, by 1956, where he gained employment in the architectural offfice of Clark and Stromquist. He remained in their employ through various partnership permutations, when, in 1970, he became a partner himself. In 1970, he resided at 664 Mills Avenue in Los Altos, CA, (See "Sandstrom, Paul Wesley," American Architects Directory, 3rd Edition, 1970, John F. Gane, ed., [New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1970], p. 798.)

The architect passed away in Gilroy, CA, on 04/17/2018 at the age of 93. He was buried in the Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto, CA.

Spouse

He wed Bonnie Jean "BJ" Fischer (born 03/02/1932 in CA-d. 12/06/2011 in CA) on 08/08/1954 in Kennewick, WA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013, accessed 02/14/2024.)

In 1955, Bonnie worked as a nurse at the Rockwood Clinic in Spokane. (See Spokane, Washington, City Directory, 1955, p. 750.)

Children

He and Bonnie had two children: Karen Sandstrom Thompson, who resided in San Jose, CA, in 2018, and David Sandstrom of Hollister, CA.