Background
Christensen, Russell Bartlett was born on June 26, 1931 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. Son of Henry Johnson and Avis (Bartlett) Christensen.
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Russell Bartlett Christensen
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor in Philosophy, Middlebury College, 1958; Juris Doctor, New York University, 1965.
Career
School teacher, Lincoln School, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1958-1959; deputy director, Care, Inc., New York City, and in Honduras and Chile, 1965-1969; lawyer, Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Maine., 1973-1974; director student legal service, U. Maine, Orono, 1974-1978; consultant, bureau of the Elderly State of Maine, Bangor, 1979; staff attorney for elderly, Bangor, Maine., 1980; attorney for refugees, Centro Para Immigrantes, Houston, 1984-1987; attorney for refugees, Ayuda, Inc. and Caracen, Inc., Washington, 1987-1988; executive director, Maine Common Cause, Augusta, 1988-1992; asylum officer, United States Immigration Svc., Lyndhurst, New Jersey, 1992-1997. President Caracen, Inc., Houston, 1984-1986.
Achievements
Membership
Director Student Legal Services, Orono, Maine, 1974-1978. Consultant Legal Services for Elderly, Augusta, Maine, 1978-1980. Trustee Joe Hill Trust, Augusta, since 1982.
Advisor on agent orange issue Vietnam Veterans, Houston and Washington, 1984-1986. Volunteer, 1st long term Witness for Peace, Jalapa, Nicaragua, 1983-1984. Director, chair Common Cause, Augusta, 1988-1992.
2nd lieutenant United States Army, 1950-1954, Korea. Member Maine Woodmen's Association (honorary, life, advisor), Democratic Socialist American (founder Maine chapter 1975).
Interests
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Married Cristina Fournier, March 1960 (divorced June 1972). Children: Thor, Lars, Freya, Tanya.
