Born August 30, 1924 passed away peacefully on June 3, 2017. He is survived by his wife Marje of 69 years whose devotion to family is nonpareil! The family currently consists of a sister Frances "Tobi" Moyle; four children with spouses, Deborah Jean Hanson and John, Robert Wesley and Sandra, Richard Erik and Kim, Jacqueline Beth Manoppo and Paul Sr. In addition the family has been blessed with three grandchildren; Amanda Tennyson, Paul Jr. and Pebbles Manoppo; as well as 2 great grandsons Braden and Dederich Tennyson, whose curiosity is both exhaustive and exhausting! The love Wes had for this family was unabated, faulted only by an occasional brash presumption that his love should be evident to all. Wes served three years in military service during W.W. II, after which he re-enrolled at the University of Missouri and completed two under-graduate degrees and a Master's. This was followed by four years of teaching and counseling in the public schools before returning to graduate school to finish a doctorate in educational and counseling psychology. His initial tenured position was in the Department of Psychology at the Ohio State University, which terminated after a year when he accepted an invitation to join the faculty in Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota. It was here that he taught courses and advised graduate students in counseling psychology for 40 plus years, retiring as a Professor Emeritus in 1990. Throughout his career a major thrust of Professor Tennyson's research and scholarly activities focused on career development education. Initially this interest served practicing counselors and counseling psychologists who, in keeping with historical times, pioneered this component of education, then known under the rubric "career guidance". Wes understood the limitations of the prevailing concept of career and saw a need to promote a broadened, more expansive educational effort in meeting the needs of students. Recognizing that teachers have an important influence on students' attitudes toward self and the world of work, a decision was made to promote implementation of career development education in the school curriculum. Abetted by the National Vocational Guidance Association (now the Career Development Association) to which Wes was elected for a 3-year presidency, the project became launched in 1966 with a National Invitational Conference that brought together educational leaders, prominent career psychologists, and Office of Education personnel for their input. With the assistance of interested graduate students and faculty members, numerous elements of the program evolved over the ensuing years. These included: (1) Identifying career competences appropriate to different life stages, and writing instructional objective for each, (2) Publishing numerous articles and several monographs related to educating for career development, (3) Producing 13 career resource guides and learning modules for dissemination, and (4) Delivering countless addresses and workshops for school and college personnel. A high point for the team was when Wes was contacted by the Agency for Instructional Television which sought to use our work and consultation to develop a series of demonstration programs for viewing on public television. Given the title "bread and butterflies" and supported by a consortium of 44 states, this popular series consisted of a study guide, fourteen instructional films, a children's book with activities designed to foster awareness and critical thought, along with a teachers' manual. There will be a private graveside funeral service and interment at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. 651-631-2727