Category Archives: my family

Here’s to the Modern American Family

Posted on 20-December-2011 by

Last week, I went to visit my son and his family in Manassas VA; my grandson was being ordained a Deacon in the Aaron Priesthood (think of it as a Mormon Bar Mitzvah) and I wanted to be there.  After the … Continue reading →

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A Relative in LDS Borderlands

Posted on 10-December-2011 by

Last Sunday, my aunt Kay died.  She was 94 years old, and had been suffering from dimentia.  Her death was not unexpected.  Aunt Kay and my genetic uncle had been married for 71 years.  Uncle Vincent, who is 98 (+or- … Continue reading →

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And the Winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics is . . . .

Posted on 07-October-2011 by

According to a pool run by Harvard University graduate students, my youngest brother–Lars Peter Hansen–is on the short list of possible recipients of this year’s (2011) Nobel Prize in economics (properly called “The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred … Continue reading →

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Palmer Court: Helping the Homeless

Posted on 30-August-2011 by

On 4 Aug 2011, Lloyd S. Pendleton gave a presentation at Sunstone Symposium titled:  “To Give or Nor to Give.”  According to his program bio: Lloyd S. Pendleton took the lead in 2004 in writing and implementing Utah’s 10-Year Plan for … Continue reading →

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Left Outside, But Not Hurting Inside, Just Scratching My Head

Posted on 31-July-2011 by

All three of my children were married in a Mormon temple.  As you may have surmised from my blog, I don’t have a recommend.  So I did not attend any of the formal wedding ceremonies of my children. During the … Continue reading →

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Lars Peter Hansen . . . Award Winner

Posted on 10-June-2011 by

My youngest brother, by seven years, has just won a prestigious international economic’s award: The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Economics, Finance and Management category goes to Professor Lars Peter Hansen of the University of Chicago “for making … Continue reading →

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An Interview on Nutrition With My Father

Posted on 22-December-2010 by

The following Q&A was published in the New Era, Sep 1972 in an article titled:  “A Conversation with Gaurth Hansen on Diet, Foods, and Nutrition”: How can we follow the Word of Wisdom advice concerning eating meat sparingly and still get … Continue reading →

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Snowy Evening Parked near Beaver, UT

Posted on 22-November-2010 by

My mother doesn’t travel very well anymore.  She is 90 and gets tired easily.  I decided I would pick her up in St. George and bring her to my place in Orem for Thanksgiving.  On Sunday morning (21 Nov 2010), … Continue reading →

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Homage to My Father

Posted on 02-March-2010 by

On April 18, 2006, Carl T. Wittwer was a guest speaker at USU.  (Carl was the the 2006 recIpient of the Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry’s Alumni Achievement Award.)  In his talk he reminisced about the academic experiences that shaped his professional journey.  … Continue reading →

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Live Long and Prosper

Posted on 01-March-2010 by

In twelve days, my Mother turns 90.  All her children (and their spouses), all her grandchildren (and their spouses), and all her great-grandchildren will be getting together for a birthday celebration in Zions National Park.  On my Grandmother Rees’s side … Continue reading →

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