Marylin Hafner, daughter of Mark and Frances Hafner, was born 14 December 1925 in Brooklyn, NY . She received her B.Sc. degree in 1947 from the Pratt Institute . Hafner undertook additional studies at the New School for Social Research (1948-1950), School of Visual Arts, Silvermine School of Art and Slade School ( London, England, 1965-1966). An artist, illustrator and designer, Hafner has been employed by McCall's as art director (1950-1954), and art instructor at Famous Schools, Inc. ( Westport, CT, 1968-1970). A member of the Society of Illustrators, Westport Artists Guild, and Silvermine Guild of Artists, Hafner received the New York Herald Tribune Children's Spring Book Festival Award (1949) for her work on Bonnie Bess: The Weathervane Horse . Marylin Hafner died October 31, 2008 .
From the guide to the Marylin Hafner Papers., undated, (Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center .)
