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Hansen, Clark

 Person

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 Wendell Wyatt

 Collection
Identifier: SR1332
Abstract

Oral history interview with Wendell Wyatt conducted by Clark Hansen from May 17-19, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Wyatt was a U.S. congressman from Oregon.

Dates: 1988 May 17-19

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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Public opinion 7
Civil Procedure and Courts 6
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century 5
Christians 4
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Governors -- Oregon 4
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Lawyers -- Oregon -- Salem 4
Public prosecutors -- Oregon 4
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Wineries -- Oregon 4
Women legislators -- Oregon 4
Women's rights -- United States 4
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Oregon 3
Equal rights amendments -- United States 3
Farm life -- Oregon 3
Lawyers -- Oregon -- Eugene 3
Lawyers -- Oregon -- Medford 3
Legislation -- United States 3
Political Campaigns 3
Vintners -- Oregon 3
Wine and wine making 3
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Abortion -- Law and legislation -- Oregon 2
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City planning -- Oregon -- Portland 2
Courts -- Oregon 2
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States 2
Educational law and legislation -- Oregon 2
Environmental law -- Oregon 2
Filibusters (Political science) 2
Laws and Legislation 2
Legislators -- United States 2
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Nuclear weapons -- Moral and ethical aspects 2
Orchards -- Oregon 2
Pinot noir (Wine) 2
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Sales tax -- Law and legislation -- Oregon 2
Secretaries 2
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African Americans -- Oregon 1
Agricultural laws and legislation -- Oregon 1
Agriculture 1
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Auditing -- Oregon 1
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Burns (Or.) 1
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Campaign funds -- Law and legislation -- Oregon 1
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Forestry law and legislation -- Oregon 1
Forests and forestry -- Oregon 1
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Geopolitics -- Middle East 1
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Health insurance -- Law and legislation -- Oregon 1
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Horses -- Training 1
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Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 1
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