Dawn Clark Netsch

Dawn Clark Netsch
4th Comptroller of Illinois
In office January 14, 1991 – January 9, 1995
Governor	Jim Edgar
Preceded by	Roland Burris
Succeeded by	Loleta Didrickson
Personal details
Born	(1926-09-16)September 16, 1926 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Died	March 5, 2013(2013-03-05) (aged 86) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Walter Netsch
Education	Northwestern University (BA, JD)

Dawn Clark Netsch (September 16, 1926 – March 5, 2013)^[1] was an American professor of law at Northwestern University and an Illinois politician. A member of the Democratic Party in the United States, she served in the Illinois State Senate from 1972 to 1990, and as the Illinois Comptroller from 1991 through 1994. In 1994 she was the first woman to be nominated by a major political party to run for Governor of Illinois. She co-authored the legal textbook, State and Local Government in a Federal System.