Dr. Annanelle (Ann) Hardt graduated from Southwestern University in 1948,. She received a Master's degree from Cornell University in 1951 and a PhD. in social and philosophical foundations of education from the University of Texas in 1968. 

Ann moved to Tempe in 1968 to teach multicultural education, peace and conflict studies, and elementary education courses at ASU for 22 years. She was an award-winning professor emerita of education for Arizona State University whose life was committed to furthering peace. 

A Quaker, Ann followed her religious beliefs, conducting conflict resolution workshops and engaging in curriculum development in Russia, Lithuania, Uzbekistan, Costa Rica, India and Yugoslavia. 

As a young teacher, she volunteered for a Quaker work camp in the Netherlands to help the country rebuild after its historic flood in and worked two years later with the Quakers in Mexico. In 1972, she spent five months at the Friends School in Ramallah, time that she said shaped her ideas about interreligious dialogue and multi-cultural education. She was one of the founders of the Tempe Friends Meeting.

In 2008, Ann honored her late husband, Tony Nickachos, by creating a faculty chair at ASU's Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict. The Hardt-Nickachos Chair in Peace Studies is devoted to research and teaching practices that contribute to a sustainable peace. 

Ann volunteered as a mediator for the Arizona Attorney General's. Office, one of the leaders of the Arizona Dispute Resolution Conference and a member of the Tempe Mayor's Advisory Committee on Gangs, Alcohol and Drugs. 

She also served as the Quaker representative to the Arizona Ecumenical Council, and was involved in Tempe Emergency Assistance Ministries and the Campus Interfaith Council.

She was predeceased by her husband and parents. Survivors in the area include Anthony Lloyd (Maria) Hardt; Timothy (Valeria) Hardt; Brenda Hardt (Mike) Groff; William Koehler; Jim Koehler; Laura Hardt; and Sam (Irene) Dubberly. 

The family suggests memorial contributions to the Tempe Friends Meeting House, 318 E. 15th Street, Tempe, AZ. 85281-6612.