Background
Hansen, Bennett Roy was born on July 25, 1945 in Helena, Montana, United States. Son of Lyle Rodney and Lyndall Rae (Furse) Hansen.
Hansen, Bennett Roy was born on July 25, 1945 in Helena, Montana, United States. Son of Lyle Rodney and Lyndall Rae (Furse) Hansen.
Bachelor in Journalism, University Montana, 1968. Associate of Arts (honorary), Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, Oregon, 1978.
Copy boy, photographer, Indiana Record, Helena, 1963-1964; reporter, Associated Press, Los Angeles, since 1968; editor, People's Voice, Helena, 1968-1969; reporter, Great Falls Tribune, Helena, 1969-1970; reporter, editor, Spokesman Review, Spokane, Washington, 1970-1972; reporter, editor, Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, Montana, 1972-1973; reporter, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Washington, 1973-1975; editor trainee, Coeur d'Alene (Idaho) Press, 1975-1976; editor, Enterprise-Courier, Oregon City, 1976-1979; managing editor, Daily Herald, Provo, Utah., 1979-1983; editor, Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise, since 1983.
Director Goodwill Southeast Texas, Beaumont, 1988-1990. President Beaumont Heritage Society, 1990-1991. Member American Society Newspaper Editors, Society Professional Journalists, 100 Club Jefferson County (president 1990), Rotary (board directors 1989-1991).
Married Barbara Ellen Bateson, June 20, 1970. Children: Joshua Lyle, Tyler James.