Hanna, Ronald R.

Ronald R. Hanna was born in Washington, D.C. He attended public schools in the Southeast section of the city and entered military service. Honorably discharged two years later, he used the GI Bill to attend the University of the District of Columbia. Having no idea what to major in, but having discovered a yen to write as a military police often working twelve-hour night shifts, he viewed with interest the college newspaper, The Free Voice, which did not confine itself to college events but instead addressed topical issues within the District community, the nation and, indeed, the world. Havin...