Laura's War

signed book

Laura Hoffman graduated with a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Illinois where she later served an instructor of rhetoric while pursuing a master's degree. During World War II she was a very active cub reporter and feature writer with a daily newspaper in Virginia, and quickly became a skilled journalist. Her stories received an award from the Virginia Press Association and some were published in the Washington Post. She and her husband Wayne met as students at the university and were married after the war. He became a lawyer and entrepreneur who in a long career was active in transportation enterprises and served as an executive of several large companies operating throughout the world. Laura traveled at his side and their lives were rich and rewarding.