Hausch, Mary, 1949-

Mary Hausch was born September of 1949 in Akron, Ohio. Hausch arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada during a spring vacation with four friends. The spontaneity of the trip and her enjoyment of the weather resulted in her applying for, and getting, a reporter position at the Las Vegas Review- Journal (R-J). For the next nineteen years, she worked her way up the newspaper ladder, covered local education issues that included desegregation, a groundbreaking series of Prisoners of War- Missing in Action war stories, and the Nevada legislature. She became the first woman city editor and managing editor of the newspaper.

Hausch’s career journey was during an era of cultural roadblocks and emerging feminism. Eventually, she was passed over for the ultimate appointment of R-J editor and was placated with a short-lived “associate editor” position. During Hausch’s journalism career, she married Bob Coffin, a then reporter for the newspaper. The couple bought the Gubler House in John. S Park.