Nebraska
decade
1930s
1930
Roy De Forest is born in North Platte, Nebraska.
1933
Jean Conner is born Jean Sandstedt in Lincoln, Nebraska.
decade
1950s
1954
Bruce Conner transfers to the University of Nebraska during the spring semester and meets his future wife, artist Jean Sandstedt.
1955
Bruce Conner earns his BA from the University of Nebraska.
1955
Jean Conner earns her BFA from the University of Nebraska.
1957
Courtesy of Anastasia Aukeman
1957
Bruce Conner marries Jean Sandstedt on September 1 in Lincoln, Nebraska (Sandstedt’s hometown). Together, Bruce and Jean Conner move to San Francisco that night.