Background
Hansen, Jorgen Hartmann was born on August 9, 1936 in Elsinore, Denmark. Came to the United States, 1961. Son of Richard August and Magda Ella Sigrid (Poulsen) Hansen.
Hansen, Jorgen Hartmann was born on August 9, 1936 in Elsinore, Denmark. Came to the United States, 1961. Son of Richard August and Magda Ella Sigrid (Poulsen) Hansen.
Student, Hotel and Restaurant School Institute of Technology, Copenhagen, Denmark. Student, Cornell University.
Resident manager, Conrad Hilton Hotel, 1969-1971; vice president, manager, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, 1971-1974; general manager, New York Hilton Hotel, New York City, 1974-1982; vice president, Waldorf-Astoria Corporation, New York City, 1982-1984; senior vice president, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Atlanta, since 1984. Guest lecturer Cornell Univercity, Pennsylvania State University.
Chairman hotel industry cancer crusade American Cancer Society. Trustee New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council. Board directors, vice chairman International Hotel, Motel and Restaurant Exposition.
Served with Royal Danish Air Force, 1955-1957. Member Confrerie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs, American Hotel and Motel Association (director executive committee, chairman audit and credentials committee, Lawson Odde award 1981), New York State Hotel and Motel Association (chairman board since 1981), Hotel Association New York City (director, chairman communications committee), West Side Association (secretary, vice president).
Married Mary Jo Ann Rosa, June 17, 1961. Children: Holly, Todd Hartmann, Christian Hartmann, Eric Hartmann.