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James H. Hanson MBA ’69 died on April 9, 2011, in Redwood City. He was born in Coatbridge, Scotland, on Jan. 7, 1926. He attended Queens University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he received a B.S.C. in electrical engineering in 1945, then continued with graduate work in industrial engineering and management at the College of Technology in Glasgow. In 1969, he received an MBA from the University of Santa Clara in California. He traveled the world for work and pleasure and lived in Scotland, Canada, Northern Ireland, England, Pakistan, and India before settling in the Bay Area in 1958. After a 25-year career with SRI International in Menlo Park, he retired as Director of Facilities Management in 1984. He loved the outdoors and took daily walks in the Santa Cruz Mountains and coastal beaches. An avid traveler, he circumnavigated the globe and sailed all five oceans and seven seas. Predeceased by his wife Catherine Schmidt Hanson, 1986. Survived by children Catherine Chase, Killingworth, Conn.; Margaret Sueoka ’90, Kapaa, Hawaii; William Hanson, La Honda, Calif.; their spouses Robert Chase, Steve Sueoka and Joan Hanson; four granddaughters and a grandson; and dear friend Luann Robertson.

08 Nov 2018