Lyn Dutson

Theater Educator | Professor Emeritus

Lyn Duston

A Timeline of Professional Milestones 

1940

Born to Kenneth Lewis Wilson and Ada Maude Eighmey Wilson in Elmira, NY.

1966

Earns a Bachelor of Arts from Arizona State University.

1967

Earns a Master of Arts from Arizona State University.

1968

Is a lecturer and costumer at Arizona State University through 1969.

1969

Writes the thesis “The Attitude of Seven Negro American Playwrights Toward the Doctrines of Négritude and Assimilation.”

1969

Is a faculty member at Mesa Community College in Mesa, AZ, through 2009.

1969

Has directed more than 80 theatrical productions through 2009 and has been a costume designer for over 150 theatrical productions through 2009.

1982

Is a faculty senator Mesa Community College through 2006.

1992

Is named Mesa Community College Outstanding Teacher.

1997

Receives the Faculty Service Award from Mesa Community College.

2000

Receives the Arizona Theatre Alliance Award from the Educator/Educational Program.

2001

Receives the AriZoni Theatre Award of Excellence for Costume Design—The Miser.

2004

Is the Mesa Community College faculty senate president-elect through 2005.

2005

Is the Mesa Community College Faculty president through 2006.

2008

Is named Distinguished Woman of the Year, Maricopa Community College District.

2010

Is named professor emeritus at Mesa Community College, Mesa Unit.

2010

Is a board member and treasurer at Class 6 Theater Company through 2012.

2015

Is elected to the Mesa Community College Hall of Fame—faculty.

2019

Receives the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.

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