Larry was born an only child in Atlanta, Georgia June 17, 1956. He spoke proudly of his early childhood as his mother, Leonora Johnson Benson a single mom was a, civil rights lawyer, in the Atlanta area during a most turbulent time. He spoke of great civil rights personalities passing through as he began to navigate his own life's interests.
Larry worked at his uncle's gas station as a high school student and graduated and achieved a football & Track & Field scholarship at Arizona State University in Tempe AZ. Larry graduated with a degree in Industrial Design. He worked with Nissan designing cars, but he found his real occupational love was Architecture. Larry moved to Beaverton, Oregon to work in the High Tech. industry with Tektronix Inc., Radisys Engineering, The City of Portland Oregon, The General Services Administration (US Federal Government) and then eventually with Multnomah County Or. as a Sr. Project Manager all while continuing to study and obtained an Architectural degree from the University of Oregon, an MBA from Portland State University, and began to study Law. Larry Keith Bensen was a "Student of Life" seeking knowledge wherever it presented itself.
Larry is survived by his long time help mate and fiance' Marlene and her daughter April and grandson Avery.
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