Grace Ann Hovet died March 15, 2008, shortly after completing the manuscript for Tableaux Vivants. She retired from the University of Northern Iowa in 1999 as professor emerita of ...ver maisGrace Ann Hovet died March 15, 2008, shortly after completing the manuscript for Tableaux Vivants. She retired from the University of Northern Iowa in 1999 as professor emerita of English. She also founded successful programs in gender studies and leadership studies. During this time, she published articles on women in literature in major scholarly journals. In 1991 she received the Distinguished Faculty Award from the Iowa American Association of University Women. She is survived by her husband, Theodore, and son, Theodore Jr.ver menos