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 Howard Morgan
Oral history interview with Howard Morgan conducted by Clark Hansen from August 25 to October 7, 1992, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Morgan represented Clackamas and Multnomah counties in the Oregon House of Representatives in 1949; was chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon in 1955; was Oregon Public Utility Commissioner from 1957 to 1959; and was a member of the Federal Power Commission in 1961.
Oral history interview with John D. Mosser
Oral history interview with John D. Mosser conducted by Clark Hansen from November 15 to December 11, 1990, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Mosser was an Oregon state representative in 1957 and from 1963 to 1966.
Oral history interview with Maurine B. Neuberger
Oral history interview with Maurine B. Neuberger conducted by Clark Hansen from August 26 to December 12, 1991, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Neuberger served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1951 to 1955 and in the U.S. Senate from 1960 to 1964.
Oral history interview with Earl T. Newbry
Oral history interview with Earl T. Newbry conducted by Clark Hansen from July 23-25, 1990, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Newbry was an Oregon state representative, state senator, and secretary of state.
Oral history interview with Lynn W. Newbry
Oral history interview with Lynn W. Newbry conducted by Clark Hansen from May 6-7, 1993, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Newbry was an Oregon state senator from 1961 to 1974.
Oral history interview with Bob Packwood
Oral history interview with Bob Packwood conducted by Clark Hansen from January 26, 1996, to August 20, 2003, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Packwood was a U.S. senator from Oregon from 1969 to 1995. Packwood resigned from his seat after the Senate Ethics Committee recommended his expulsion following an investigation of allegations that he committed sexual misconduct.
Oral history interview with Norma Paulus
Oral history interview with Norma Paulus conducted by Clark Hansen from February 10, 1999, to November 2, 2000, and from February 10-27, 2010. Paulus served as a state legislator from 1970 to 1976 and as Oregon secretary of state from 1977 to 1985.
Oral history interview with Dick Ponzi
Oral history with Dick Ponzi conducted by Clark Hansen on April 8, 2003, as part of the Oregon Wine Archives Oral History Project. Ponzi and his wife, Nancy Ponzi, were founders and owners of Ponzi Winery.
Oral history interview with Betty Roberts
Oral history interview with Judge Betty Roberts conducted by Clark Hansen as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Roberts was an Oregon Court of Appeals judge and state Supreme Court justice.
Oral history interview with Jack Robertson
Oral history interview with Jack Robertson conducted by Clark Hansen from November 7 to December 30, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Robertson was a legislative aide and press secretary for Hatfield from 1973 to 1982.
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