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Announcement
From the Bridges Center for Labor Studies
On October 15, 2005 at the University of
Washington Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies (HBCLS) annual awards
celebration, we honored Ted and Doris Hansen. We held a signing ceremony for
them to finalize the creation of the Theodore L. and Doris M. Hansen Endowed
Fund in Labor Studies. Their generous gift will total $100,000 by December 31,
2006. The interest from this money is dedicated to the HBCLS
Discretionary Fund. Once fully funded, each year the Hansen Endowment will
generate approximately $5,000 for the Center’s discretionary fund.
The Hansen
Endowed Fund in Labor Studies is being created to honor the memory of Theodore
Hansen, the late father of Theodore L. Hansen. The elder Mr. Hansen began
working on the Seattle waterfront in 1922, working continuously right up to his
death in 1965. His son, Theodore L. Hansen, started working part-time on the
Seattle waterfront while still in high school, from 1943 to 1945. He began
working full-time in 1955 and retired in 1989 after 35 years of service. Ted and
Doris Hansen are native Washingtonians and lifelong residents of West Seattle.
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