Del Hansen is a thirty-seven-year veteran of public education. He taught high school math and physics, geometry to middle school students, and math history and math methods at the post-secondary level. He also served as a high school assistant principal. After retirement, he continues to present lectures on classical and popular music to senior citizens in his community.
Besides serving as a teacher association president, he was selected as teacher of the year in a district of 24,000 students and first runner-up for New Mexico teacher of the year. He also received the “state administrator of the year” award from the New Mexico Music Educators Association.
Mr. Hansen volunteers as an evaluator for the Golden Apple Foundation helping to select the top teachers in the state and received his own golden apple as a member of the Golden Apple Academy.
An avid gardener, Del resides in Las Cruces, New Mexico with his wonderful wife, Donna, herself a teacher and counselor for forty-five years. He is a charter member of “The Grand Old Society Specializing in Pontification” (GOSSIP) achieving the platinum level of “Why Don’t You Do Yourself a Favor and Just Shut Up!”
To scratch his music itch, he continues to travel to band concerts, marching festivals, and drum corps competitions locally, regionally, and nationally. Finally, with a little luck and a healthy dose of divine intervention, he wonders if he might become a writer. Miracles do happen.
