Hansen, Clark
Biography
Clark Stephen Hansen was born in Wisconsin in 1947, and grew up in Rantoul, Illinois. He attended college in New York, then joined the Peace Corps. He returned to Illinois and worked as a newspaper editor. In the 1970s, he moved to Portland, Oregon. He worked as a forest ranger with the U. S. Forest Service in Oregon for eight years. He subsequently became an oral historian and recorded hundreds of oral history interviews for the Oregon Historical Society and the United States District Court of Oregon Historical Society. In 2006, he became a Buddhist Monk and took the name Jampal Gyatso. After being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2019, he traveled to the Tiger’s Nest hermitage in Bhutan. He died in 2021.
Sources: Vital records on Ancestry.com; information provided by Hansen in his interview; Hansen’s obituary in the Oregonian, April 29, 2022; “Petals of a Lotus: A Collective Tribute Celebrating The Deep Life of Lama Thubten Jampal Gyatso,” by Lama Jacqueline Mandell, Northwest Dharma Association website, accessed May 29, 2024, https://northwestdharma.org/petals-of-a-lotusa-collective-tribute-celebrating-a-life/.
Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Victor Atiyeh
Oral history interview with Victor Atiyeh conducted by Clark Hansen from November 24, 1992, to September 10, 1993, and on June 11, 1998, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Atiyeh was an Oregon state representative from 1959 to 1964, an Oregon state senator from 1965 to 1979, and Oregon governor from 1979 to 1987.
Oral history interview with Harry D. Boivin
Oral history interview with Harry D. Boivin conducted by Clark Hansen from July 25, 1991, to June 6, 1992, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Boivin served as an Oregon state representative and an Oregon state senator.
Oral history interview with Marian J. Bruner
Oral history interview with Marian J. Bruner conducted by Clark Hansen on June 18, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Bruner was executive assistant to Hatfield from 1967 to 1981.
Oral history interview with James M. Burns
Oral history interview with James M. Burns conducted by Clark Hansen from January 17, 1990, to August 25, 1998, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Burns was a judge on the Multnomah County Circuit Court and the U.S. District Court of Oregon.
Oral history interview with John D. Burns
Oral history interview with John D. Burns conducted by Clark Hansen from April 22, 1992, to February 28, 1993, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Burns was an Oregon state senator from 1967 to 1975.
Oral history interview with Wallace P. Carson, Jr.
Oral history interview with Wallace P. Carson, Jr. conducted by Clark Hansen from June 12 to October 24, 1996, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Carson served on the Oregon Supreme Court from 1982 to 2006 and was chief justice for 14 years.
Oral history interview with Douglas E. Coe
Oral history interview with Douglas E. Coe conducted by Clark Hansen on June 8, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Coe was an evangelical minister and advisor to U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield.
Oral history interview with Frank C. Cook
Oral history interview with Frank C. Cook conducted by Clark Hansen from November 29-30, 1989, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Cook was an aide to Hatfield from 1969 to 1973.
Oral history interview with Vern Cook
Oral history interview with Robert Vernon "Vern" Cook conducted by Clark Hansen from December 15, 1994- October 15, 1995, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Cook was an Oregon state representative and senator.
Oral history interview with John P. Cooney
Oral history interview with John P. Cooney conducted by Clark Hansen from May 12 to June 17, 2005, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Cooney discusses his law career in Medford, Oregon, and his service as a federal magistrate judge on the U.S. District Court of Oregon.
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