Hazel Smallwood Hanback (1918-) is a life-long Foggy Bottom neighborhood resident, graduate of The George Washington University and served as a member of the Board of Trustees from 1979-1996. She worked for the federal government for most of her career, and was awarded the Department of Defense Certificate of Merit for by President Johnson in 1965. She was also a recipient of the Department of the Navy Career Achievement Award.Hazel Hanback was born September 19, 1918 in Sibley hospital in Washington, D.C. Shortly after her birth her parents moved to a house at 2159 New York Avenue, which is now the locale of the State Department. After graduating from Central High School, Mrs. Hanback enrolled at GW, earning an A.B. degree in 1940. Following graduation, she began a career in government. She was involved in many university and neighborhood organizations: a member of the General Alumni Association's Governing Board for many year beginning in 1972; president and board chairman of the University Club; past president of the West End Citizen's Association; and President of the Columbian Women, an association that raises scholarship monies for women students. Mrs. Hanback married Bill Hanback, a fellow GW graduate (A.B., 1932, LL.B., 1934). Note also that two oral histories were done with Mrs. Hanback in 1995 and 1996, and can be found in MS0371, the Oral History Collection. N.B. This history note was written in 2005.
From the description of Hazel Hanback papers, 1931-1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 680057164
