Encyclopedia Dubuque
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NACHTMAN, Harold J.
NACHTMAN, Harold J. (Dyersville, IA- ). President, H. J. NACHTMAN FIRESTONE. A distributor of Firestone products in Dubuque, Nachtman compiled one of the longest records of service to the board of the DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. First elected to the board in 1937, he was re-elected in 1940, 1943, and 1946 and served several times as president. In 1938 during his presidency on the board, Dubuque received federal funds that made possible the construction of four new schools: BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FULTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, and MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.