Bill Hansen | |
Office: | Member of the Iowa State Senate |
Term Start: | 1973 |
Term End: | 1981 |
Office2: | Member of the Iowa House of Representatives |
Term Start2: | 1969 |
Term End2: | 1973 |
Successor2: | Chuck Grassley |
Birth Name: | Willard R. Hansen |
Birth Date: | 11 March 1931 |
Birth Place: | Cedar Falls, Iowa, U.S. |
Death Place: | Waterloo, Iowa, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Occupation: | Insurance Executive, Realtor |
Spouse: | Maree Eike Lawson |
Children: | Bruce, Cheryl and Mark |
Alma Mater: | Dana College |
Willard R. Hansen (March 11, 1931 – August 22, 2021) was an American politician in the state of Iowa.
Willard R. Hansen was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa on March 11, 1931. He attended Dana College and was an insurance executive and realtor. He was former president of Cedar Falls Chamber of Commerce. He appeared in 1955 edition Outstanding Young Men of America. In addition to that he won the Recipient Jaycee Distinguished Service Award in 1962, Distinguished Service Award from Cedar Falls Education Association and Phi Beta Lambida in 1972, and University of Northern Iowa Alumni Service Award in 1973.[1] He served in the Iowa State Senate from 1973 to 1981, and Iowa House of Representatives from 1969 to 1973 as a Republican.[2] Hansen died in Waterloo, Iowa on August 22, 2021, at the age of 90.[3]