NORMAN E. HANSEN

HANSEN, Norman E. Of Boston, passed away on January 26, 2024. Son of Virginia (Bain) and George Hansen of Belmont, MA. He is the brother of Virginia Gato of Florida (deceased) and George Hansen of Duxbury, MA (deceased). Following graduation from Browne and Nichols School in Cambridge and Tufts University, he served three years in the U.S. Army in Korea, during the Korean War, and later in Japan. He was involved in ownership and management of a major Boston department store and subsequently of other New England states area department stores. He earned an M.B.A. and Ph.D. in Law, Policy and Society at Northeastern University in Boston. In the later part of his career, he taught Economics and Business as a faculty member at several New England colleges and universities, including over 40 years at Northeastern. In 1957, he married Elizabeth Thompson of Milton, MA, who survives him. Their four children are Edith Schamp of Eagle, Idaho, Carol Hansen of Ipswich, MA, Helen Khaykin of Scottsdale, Arizona and Henry Hansen of El Sobrante, CA. There are five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. In keeping with his wishes, there will be no service and interment was private.