Ralph Waldemar Hansen

Background

Hansen, Ralph Waldemar was born on May 14, 1927 in New York City. Son of Waldemar and Minna Klara (Zimmermann) Hansen.

Education

Bachelor, Brigham Young University, l95l. Master of Arts, Brigham Young University, 1954. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1956.

Master of Library Science, University California, Berkeley, 1970.

Career

Teacher social science, Orem (Utah) High School, l952-53; reference library, Brigham Young U., Provo, Utah., l953-56; University archivist, Brigham Young U., Provo, Utah., l956-62; University archivist, Stanford (California) U., l962-79; acquisitions library, Stanford (California) U., l967-79; associate library, Boise (Idaho) State University, 1979-1989; professor emeritus, since 1989. Member Idaho State History Records Advisory Board, Boise, 1980-1989. Project supervisor Frank Church Papers Processing Project, Boise, 1985-1988.

Member California.Heritage Preservation Commission, Sacramento, 1963-1977. City historian Palo Alto (California) History Association, 1963-1967. Research associate Oregon Collection, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1959-1960, Baker Library., Harvard University Graduate School Business, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1962.

Achievements

• Ralph Waldemar Hansen has been listed as a noteworthy librarian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors, secretary Boise Chamber Music Society, 1984-1991. Active Boise State University Committee for Excellence in Music, since 1992. Sergeant Army of the United States, 1945-1947, Mediterranean Theatre of Operations.

Member American Library Association, Society of America Archivists, Idaho Library Association.

Interests

• Avocation: photography.

Connections

Married Lillian Strong, September l6, l949. Children: Diane, Lynn.

Father:

Waldemar Hansen

Mother:

Minna Klara (Zimmermann) Hansen

Spouse:

Lillian Strong

child:

Lynn Hansen

child:

Diane Hansen