A 1974 graduate of Dana College, Dawn Nielsen is a retired teacher having taught 12th grade English and English literature at Blair Community High School for thirty-five years. In 1977 she received a Marshall Fellowship for study in Denmark, where she worked with a number of Danish children’s theaters. In May 1989, she was selected by the students of Blair High School to receive their teacher of the year award, and in June 1992, the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars named her a distinguished teacher. She is and has been an active board member of the Blair Historic Preservation Alliance and the Washington County Historical Society.
