Bio of HANSON, George A. (b.1875), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

GEORGE A. HANSON - Vol III, pg 353
During eleven years of actual experience in the school room, where he became
intimately acquainted with all the problems of equipment and furnishings a
teacher is called upon to solve, Mr. George A. Hanson received a fit training
for his present posi­tion as treasurer of the Northwestern School Supply
Company. This intimate and practical acquaintance with the details of school
work has enabled him to anticipate the wants of his many customers, and render
them a very helpful service. Mr. Hanson is of Scandinavian parentage, his
parents both being born on the border line between Norway and Sweden. In 1859
his father, Gustav Hanson, came to the United States, and in 1875 George A.
Hanson. was born at Houston, Minnesota. A true son of the Gopher state, he has
spent his life within her boundaries. After attending the public schools at
Rushford, he registered for the academic course at the University of Minnesota,
from which he was graduated with the class of 1897. The next eleven years of his
life were spent in teaching in the Minnesota public schools. In 1908 he became
asso­ciated with the Northwestern School Supply Company. A year later he was
made treasurer of the company and has continued to hold that position to the
present time. Mr. Hanson's high qualifications as an administrative officer and
his wide professional acquaintance have enabled him to contribute in no small
measure to the success of this well known firm.
In 1906 Mr. Hanson was married to Miss Sena Thompson of Northwood, Iowa. They
have become the parents of two children: a son, John Willard, and a daughter,
Margaret Isabel. Mr.. Hanson's interest in politics is that of a citizen and
voter, rather than of an officeholder, and at the polls he supports the
republican party. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in Hope
Lutheran church. He is fond of golf, which forms his chief recreation, and he
belongs to the Midland Hills Country Club of St. Paul, and also to the Kiwanis
Club of Minneapolis. Mr. Hanson is a man of unusually broad cultural interests.
He follows closely all the intellectual movements of the day, and finds time to
indulge his liking for literature, of which he is a discriminating critic.