Lawrence N. Hansen
Lawrence "Larry" N. Hansen (December 23, 1940 – November 15, 2010),[1] born to Jeanne and Stanley D. Hansen,[2] was a Vice-President of the Joyce Foundation.[3] He grew up in Elgin, Illinois, graduated in 1963 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,[4] and married in 1969. He had a long history of public service and politics including work done for Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Freedom Democratic Party, Roosevelt Center for Policy Studies as well as internship in the Illinois House of Representatives. He was also a member of the National Council for Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations and the Chicago Historical Society. He also worked for Democratic politicians including Senator Adlai E. Stevenson, III and former Vice-President and presidential candidate Walter Mondale. He died in his River Forest, Illinois home after a yearlong struggle with lung cancer and was survived by his mother and three siblings, and by his wife of 41 years Margaret "Marge" (Rybicki) Hansen.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lawrence N. Hansen, December 23, 1940 – November 15, 2010". www.joycefdn.org: Joyce Foundation. November 15, 2010. Archived from the original on April 29, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
Birthyear listed in some references which give only the year, as '1941'
- ^ a b "Obituary - Lawrence N. Hansen". Daily Herald. www.legacy.com. November 17, 2010. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
- ^ Ramirez, Margaret (November 16, 2010). "Lawrence N. Hansen, 1940 - 2010". Chicago Tribune. articles.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
- ^ "Alumni Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on May 12, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
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