Mathematician, teacher, author, and scholar — Mary Ann Hater Haubner, class of 1957, was a role model in her 33 year career at the Mount and a distinguished author of mathematics textbooks.
With math degrees from the Mount, Notre Dame and Purdue, Mary Ann joined the Mount’s faculty in 1970 and stayed until retirement in 2003. She wanted to be the person who helped students become better teachers. And she did. “Mary Ann had a way of bringing out the best in faculty and students, helping us to imagine and realize goals we never thought we could reach,” wrote former student and teaching colleague Maureen Doellman, class of 1973.
Hundreds of adult graduates know Mary Ann best as the first director of Weekend College, the Mount’s signature program created in 1976 by the faculty. She served as director until 1979 before returning to the classroom and to direct graduate studies. She chaired the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science from 1985 to 1996 and worked collaboratively to reinstate the math major.
In retirement, she is pursuing her love of art as a docent for Cincinnati’s Taft Museum. Elizabeth Bookser Barkley ’70 and professor of English, also nominated Mary Ann, stating, “She is the quintessential liberally educated woman, who is equally at home in the classroom and in a museum, enthusiastic about mathematics and art, and able to communicate that enthusiasm.”
At retirement, Mary Ann received the title of Professor Emeritus. Today, the alumni give her their highest honor, the Loretta Richards Distinguished Alumni Award.