Donna Hanover | |
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First Lady of New York City | |
In role January 1, 1994 – December 31, 2001 |
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Preceded by | Joyce Dinkins |
Succeeded by | Diana Taylor (de facto) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Donna Ann Kofnovec 1950 Oakland, California, U.S. |
Spouse(s) | Stanley Hanover (1972 – c. 1980) Rudy Giuliani (1984–2002) Edwin Oster (2003–present) |
Education |
Stanford University Columbia University |
Donna Hanover (born c. 1950) is an American journalist, radio and television personality, television producer, and actress, who appears on WOR radio in New York City and the Food Network. From 1994 through 2001 she was First Lady of New York City, as the then-wife of Rudy Giuliani. She and Giuliani were married for 18 years and had two children, Andrew and Caroline.
Hanover was born Donna Ann Kofnovec in Oakland, California, to Catholic parents, Robert G. Kofnovec, a United States Navy officer who retired as a Lieutenant Commander, and his wife, Gwendolyn Dolores Kofnovec.
She attended Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, California. She later 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.