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 Alfred H. Corbett
Oral history interview with Alfred H. Corbett conducted by Clark Hansen from November 29, 1991, to April 24, 1992, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Corbett was an Oregon state representative and an Oregon state senator.
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 Patrick E. Dooley
Oral history interview with Patrick E. Dooley conducted by Clark Hansen from September 23 to October 26, 1992, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Dooley was a Portland attorney, an Oregon state representative from 1953 to 1958, and a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge from 1968 to 1983.
Oral history interview with Jenna L. Dorn
Oral history interview with Jenna L. Dorn conducted by Clark Hansen from June 13-15, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Dorn was a legislative assistant to Hatfield from 1977 to 1981.
Oral history interview with Nadyne Yoneko Dozono
Oral history interview with Nadyne Yoneko Dozono conducted by Clark Hansen from January 23 to February 5, 1998, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Dozono was a Japanese American born in Portland, Oregon. From 1931 to 1953, she lived in Japan, where she experienced World War II as though she were a Japanese citizen. After the war, she worked with the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission.
Oral history interview with Dick Erath
Oral history interview with Dick Erath conducted by Clark Hansen from March 4-12, 1999, as part of the Oregon Wine Archives Oral History Project. Erath was one of the first winemakers in Oregon and founded the Erath Winery in Dundee, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Dick Eymann
Oral history interview with Dick Eymann conducted by Clark Hansen from December 2, 1993, to September 8, 1994, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Eymann was an Oregon state representative from 1957 to 1974.
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 Helen J. Frye
Oral history interview with Helen J. Frye conducted by Clark Hansen from January 9 to May 20, 2002, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Frye was a judge on the Lane County Circuit Court and the U.S. District Court.
Oral history interview with Marty B. Gold
Oral history interview with Marty B. Gold conducted by Clark Hansen from June 13-16, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Gold was a legal assistant to Hatfield.
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