Special Alumni and Alumni Awards

Distinguished Alumni/ae

Ann Natalie Hansen

Ann Natalie Hansen is a graduate of St. Mary of the Springs Academy and of the College of St. Mary of the Springs (now Ohio Dominican University) where in 1948 she received a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in history and a minor in biological science. She also received a Master of Arts in history from The Ohio State University, and a Bachelor of Letters in history from Oxford University, England where she was a member of Somerville College, and also studied at the University of Oslo, Norway, and held one of the three Oxford places at the Institute of Historical Research of the University of London. She is a former instructor at the College of St. Mary of the Springs, Berea College (KY), and the University of Dayton.

Miss Hansen was a reporter and feature writer for The Columbus Dispatch from 1954 to 1958. She has published five books and a number of articles, and has given scholarly papers in Connecticut, San Francisco, and at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. She is a member of Phi Alpha Theta national history honor society; and has been president of Delta Chapter, Phi Delta Gamma (OSU); of Columbus Branch, National League of American Pen Women, and of Columbus Branch, English-Speaking Union as well as serving on its Board of Governors for 25 years. She was invested at St. Joseph Cathedral, Columbus, with the Equestrian Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.