Robert Cecil York Norton (15 August 1922 – 23 December 1992) was an Australian

dental surgeon A dentist, also known as a dental surgeon, is a health care professional who specializes in dentistry (the diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases and conditions of the oral cavity and other aspects of the craniofacial comp ...

and specialist

orthodontist Orthodontics is a dentistry specialty that addresses the diagnosis, prevention, management, and correction of mal-positioned teeth and jaws, and misaligned bite patterns. It may also address the modification of facial growth, known as dentofacial ...

. He served as president of the

Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons The Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons (RACDS) is a postgraduate professional education body established in 1965 to provide a broad range of activities to enhance the professional development of both general and specialist dentists thr ...

and chairman of the Dental Board of New South Wales.Who's Who in Australia (The Herald and Weekly Times Limited, 1981) pp 681 In the year that he died he was elected as vice-president of the

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.The Newingtonian – Obituary (Syd, 1992) pp 225

Early life and education

Bob Norton was born in Sydney, and his early education was at Croydon Preparatory School. He attended

Newington College , motto_translation = To Faith Add Knowledge , location = Inner West and Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map = A ...

(1933–1940) from his family home in

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,Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 133 and excelled in cricket. He was a member of the Newington 1st XI (1938–1940) and selected in the Combined GPS XI in 1939 and again in 1940. After completing the Leaving Certificate, Norton went up to the

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in 1941 and he graduated as a Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 1946 and a Master of Dental Surgery in 1947. Whilst at university he received a

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for both cricket and baseball.

Dental career

After post-graduate study in the USA, Norton returned to Sydney to specialise in orthodontistry. He also provided specialist services on a visiting basis in

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and

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Honours

In 1977, Norton was made an

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(Civil) for service to dentistry. The

Fédération Dentaire Internationale FDI World Dental Federation, often shortened to FDI (french: Fédération Dentaire Internationale), is the world's leading organization representing the dental profession. It serves as the principal representative body for over one million dent ...

bestowed the Award of Merit upon Norton in 1980. He was a Fellow of the

and an Honorary Life Member of the

Australian Dental Association The Australian Dental Association (ADA) is a national body for the dental profession in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia ( ...

, Korean Dental Association, Taiwan Dental Association,

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and Australian Society of Orthodontists.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Norton, Bob 1922 births 1992 deaths People educated at Newington College University of Sydney alumni Australian dentists Officers of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century dentists Australian expatriates in the United States