Early Life and Education
Hanover was born Donna Ann Kofnovec in Oakland, California of a Roman Catholic family. Her parents are Robert G. Kofnovec, a United States Navy officer who retired as a Lieutenant Commander, and Gwendolyn Dolores Kofnovec. She attended Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, California.
Kofnovec then attended Stanford University, and graduated in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. She met Harvard University graduate Stanley Hanover at Stanford in 1968 and married him after her graduation in 1972. The couple moved to New York City. She then attended the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and graduated with a masters degree in journalism.
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