Gary Barker Hansen was born in Ogden, Utah, in 1935. He attended Utah State Agricultural College (later USU) and graduated with a BS in 1957. He served in the US Army 1957-1959 and from 1959 to 1961 was a missionary in Great Britain for the LDS church. Hansen married Helen Ure in 1962 and had 4 children. Back at USU, he received an MS in economics in 1963. That summer he co-authored "The Richest Hole on Earth" with Leonard Arrington. Hansen continued his studies at Cornell University and spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar at the London School of Economics in 1965-66. He received his PhD from Cornell in 1970. In 1967 Hansen accepted an appointment as an Assistant Professor of Economics at USU. During 31 years at USU he served as a professor of Economics and professor of Management and Human Resources. Hansen became a professor emeritus in 2000. During his career Hansen published 110 books, chapters, articles, research reports, and documents, and he made over 150 professional presentations.
From the description of Gary B. Hansen papers, 1911-2005. (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 173691082
