Background
Hansen, Kent Forrest was born on August 10, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Kay Frost and Mary (Cummins) Hansen.
Hansen, Kent Forrest was born on August 10, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Kay Frost and Mary (Cummins) Hansen.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953. Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959.
Senior engineer, Sylvania Electric Products, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1957-1958; assistant professor nuclear engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1960-1964; associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1964-1968; professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1968; associate dean engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979-1981; associate director energy laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984-1990. Board directors Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer, Inc., Stone & Webster, Inc. Consultant to industry.
Fellow American Nuclear Society (director, Arthur Holly Compton award 1978). Member American Nuclear Society, National Academy Engineering, Sigma Xi, Sigma Chi.
Married Katherine Elizabeth Kavanagh, June 13, 1959 (deceased December 1975). Children: Thomas Kay, Katherine Mary. Married Deborah Lea Hill, June 26, 1977, (divorced August 1991).
1 child, Gordon Benedict. Married Léonie Andrews Work, June 11, 1992.