Dawn Clark Netsch received her B.A.,
Phi Beta Kappa, from Northwestern in 1948, and her J.D. from
Northwestern's School of Law in 1952. Active in state government
since 1970, she
was elected to the Illinois State Senate, serving from 1972 to
1990. Netsch was elected Comptroller of Illinois and served
from 1991 to 1995. She made an unsuccessful bid for
governor
of Illinois
in 1994. Netsch has practiced law in Washington, D.C., and Chicago,
and has been a member of the Northwestern School
of Law faculty since 1965.
