Donna Jo Blasor-Bernhardt

Background

Blasor-Bernhardt, Donna Jo was born on May 8, 1944 in Pittsburg, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Donald Archie and Bessie Beryl Blasor.

Education

Student, University Alaska, Anchorage, 1963-1964.

Career

Reporter, poet Mukluk News Paper, Tok, Alaska, since 1977. Interior, coordinator, technical advisor Alaska Nitty Gritty Dirty Band Alcan Caravan, since 1992. Interior coordinator Up With People International Show, 1992, 94, 96.

Interior Alaska coordinator and technical advisor Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Alcan Caravan television special, 1992, regional representative International Women's Writing Guild, 1996, 97. Field editor Birds & Blooms Magazine, 1996, 97.

Achievements

• Donna Jo Blasor-Bernhardt has been listed as a notable screenwriter, poet, author, photographer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

More photos

• book

  • Before...the Tent in Tok. Early Stories of the Alaska Highway and the Pioneers Who Built It (Special 50th Anniversary)

    (A story about the people who built the Alaska Highway and...)

  • Love and the Tent in Tok
  • More ... A Tent in Tok

Membership

Named winner of Alaska State Diving Championship, 1958-1962, Poet Laureate, 1990, International Woman of Year, International Biological Center, 1991-1992, Poet Laureate of the Alaska Highway, 1994. Recipient 1st place Tok River Fire Writing Competition, 1990, 1st place Tok River Wildfire Photo Competition, 1990.

Interests

• Avocations: swimming, painting, fishing.

Connections

Married Richard Wayne Bernhardt, October 29, 1964 (deceased February 1987). Children: Erik Wayne, Katherine Elizabeth.

Father:

Donald Archie Blasor

Mother:

Bessie Beryl Blasor

Spouse:

Richard Wayne Bernhardt

child:

Katherine Elizabeth Blasor-Bernhardt

child:

Erik Wayne Blasor-Bernhardt