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 4 Collections and/or Records:
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 John R. Dellenback
Oral history interview with John R. Dellenback conducted by Clark Hansen from June 24 to October 3, 1992, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Dellenback was an Oregon representative, a congressman, and director of the Peace Corps.
Oral history interview with Mark O. Hatfield
Oral history interview with Mark O. Hatfield conducted by Clark Hansen from July 29, 1998, to May 22, 2002, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Hatfield was an Oregon state legislator, Oregon secretary of state, Oregon governor, and a U.S. senator.
Oral history interview with Malcolm Marsh
Oral history interview with Malcolm Marsh conducted by Clark Hansen from January 27 to May 10, 2005, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Marsh discusses his career as a lawyer in Salem, Oregon, and as a judge on the U.S. District Court of Oregon.