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 Ancer L. Haggerty
Oral history interview with Ancer L. Haggerty conducted by Clark Hansen from December 9, 2005, to February 23, 2006, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Haggerty was a judge on the Multnomah County Circuit Court from 1990 to 1993 and a judge on the U.S. District Court of Oregon from 1993 to 2014, serving as chief judge from 2002 to 2009.
Oral history interview with Ted Hallock
Oral history interview with Ted Hallock conducted by Clark Hansen from March 15-November 2, 1993, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Hallock was a radio broadcaster, journalist, and Oregon state senator.
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 Bill Hedlund
Oral history interview with Bill Hedlund conducted by Clark Hansen from September 4-25, 1990, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Hedlund was an Oregon state representative and lobbyist.
Oral history interview with Herman P. Hendershott
Oral history with Herman P. Hendershott conducted by Clark Hansen from November 16, 1993, to January 13, 1994, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Hendershott was an Oregon state representative from 1947 to 1949.
Oral history interview with Ralph M. Holman
Oral history interview with Ralph M. Holman conducted by Clark Hansen from February 19-27, 1998, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Holman was a lawyer, a judge on the Clackamas County Circuit Court, and a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court.
Oral history interview with Steven M. Houston
Oral history with Steven M. Houston conducted by Clark Hansen on June 17, 2002, as part of the Oregon Wine Archives Oral History Project. Houston found the Houston Vineyards winery near Eugene, Oregon, in 1980, and discusses the wine industry in Oregon.
Oral history interview with Frank Ivancie
Oral history interview with Frank Ivancie conducted by Clark Hansen on April 17 and April 18, 2001, as part of the Ira and Lauretta Keller Oral History Series. Ivancie discusses serving as a Portland city commissioner from 1966 to 1980 and as Portland mayor from 1980 to 1985, as well as his involvement with the Portland Development Commission.
Oral history interview with Ken Jernstedt
Oral history interview with Ken Jernstedt conducted by Clark Hansen from February 23-April 13, 1995, in Hood River, Oregon, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Jernstedt was an Oregon state representative and senator.
Oral history interview with Lee Johnson
Oral history interview with Lee Johnson conducted by Clark Hansen from April 20 to September 29, 1992, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Johnson was an Oregon state representative, Oregon attorney general, and a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge.
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