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 6 Collections and/or Records:
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 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.
Oral history interview with Otto J. Frohnmayer
Oral history interview with Otto J. Frohnmayer conducted by Clark Hansen from November 28 to December 1, 1989, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Frohnmayer was an attorney in Medford, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Robert E. Jones
Oral history interview with Robert E. Jones conducted by Clark Hansen from September 12 to October 14, 2005, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Jones served as a judge on the Multnomah County Circuit Court, a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court, and a judge on the U.S. District Court of Oregon. He also represented Washington County in the Oregon House during the 1963 legislative session.
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.
Oral history interview with Otto Skopil
Oral history interview with Otto Skopil conducted by Clark Hansen on June 21, 2006, as part of the U.S. District Court Oral History Project. Skopil discusses his career as a lawyer and as a judge on the U.S. District Court of Oregon.