Nancy (Hitchings) Danou ’61

Nancy (Hitchings) Danou concluded her distinguished career in nursing education on May 6 . She began to teach when her  alma mater Illinois Wesleyan invited  her back to campus not  long  after  she had  graduated. She continued to  teach after  she married in 1964 and as  she  then  followed her husband  Dan  to Wisconsin where both taught at campuses of  the University  of  Wisconsin System for many years .Nancy was a professor of Pediatric Nursing at Viterbo University in I.A Crosse, Wisconsin  when she decided to retire this year. Viterbo honored Nancy at the May 11, 2013, Spring Commencement by investing her with the rank of Professor Emerita. Nancy and Dan, who are now both retired,  raised three children Christopher,  Erika ’91 and Niki. They have eight grandchildren ages 2 to 13 and continue to live in  La Crosse, which  the locals often refer to as God’s Country.

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