[1] Two of his most noteworthy works include wood and stone carvings for the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel and sculptures for the Russell Institute in Paisley, featuring images of his wife and two sons.
[1] From about 1920 to 1938, Dawson directed the design, modelling and stone carving classes at the Glasgow School of Art.
Around 1926, Dawson taught a class in bronze casting in San Diego, California's Santa Barbara School of the Arts.
[2] One of his noteworthy works was the carving of stone and wood mouldings as designed by Sir John Burnett for Glasgow University's Memorial chapel,[1][3][4] between 1923–1927.
[2] Another important work was the Russell Institute in Paisley, Scotland where he created between 1927 and 1929 groups and figures in bronze and other materials.