Alfred Lloyd Norris, American Theological seminary president, clergyman. Avocations: reading, spectator sports.
M C. Crusade scholar, 1961-1963.
Background
Norris was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana. He is a child of the church, the first son of the Review L.H.P. and Adele (Washington) Norris.
Alfred married Mackie Lyvonne Harper in September 1961.
Mackie earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Dillard University and a Master of nursing degree from Emory University and taught Community Health Nursing on the faculties of Emory, Dillard, Louisiana State University, and Loyola University in New Orleans. She earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree from Emory in May 1996.
Alfred and Mackie have one son, Alfred II and daughter-in-law Lisa.
And one daughter, Angela Renee and son-in-law Tyrone. And four grandchildren.
Alfred III (Trey), Justin Douglass Norris, Mark David Johnson and Faith Rachelle Johnson.
Education
Bachelor, Dillard University, 1960. Master of Divinity, Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, 1964. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, 1976.
Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Centenary College, 1989. Doctor of Laws, Dillard University, 1989. Doctor of Divinity, McMurry University, 1995.
Career
He also distinguished himself as a Methodist/United Methodist Pastor, as a District Superintendent, as the President of a U.M. Seminary, and as a Mason. Review Norris was ordained a Deacon in the Louisiana Annual Conference of The Methodist Church in 1961. He was ordained an Elder in the same in 1963.
He served as Pastor of the following churches in Louisiana: Haven (1963-1966), Peck (1966-1968), First Street (1972-1974) and Mount Zion (1980-1985).
Review Norris was the Director of Recruitment for Gammon Theological Seminary from 1968 until 1972. He was the Superintendent of the New Orleans/Houma District of the Louisiana Conference from 1974 until 1980.
He served as President of Gammon Seminary of the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta from 1985 until his election to the Episcopacy. Review Norris was elected a delegate from Louisiana to the quadrennial General Conference of the U.M.Church in 1976 and 1984-1992, elected to lead the delegation in 1992.
He was a Jurisdictional Conference delegate, 1976-1992.
He was a delegate to the World Methodist Conference each quinquennium, 1976-1992. In 1985 Alfred served as the first President of the Louisiana Council for the Adoption of Minority Youth. The Review Alfred Lloyd Norris was elected a Bishop by the 1992 South Central Jurisdictional Conference of the U.M. Church.
He was assigned to the Northwest Texas-New Mexico Episcopal Area, with headquarters in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Achievements
Alfred Lloyd Norris has been listed as a noteworthy Theological seminary president, clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.
Membership
Trustee Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana, l979-92. Member executive committee National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, New Orleans, l980-85. Board directors New Orleans Urban League, l98l-84, Wesley Homes, Inc., Atlanta, l986-92, Southern Methodist University.
Member executive committee Metropolitan Area Committee, New Orleans, l983-85. Chairman board directors Lafon Home for Elderly, New Orleans, l983-85. Chairman department development Africa University.
Member Association United Methodist Theological Schools (secretary 1986-1988), Administrative Deans' Council (vice president since 1986), Masons, Sigma Pi Phi, Theta Phi.
Interests
Reading, spectator sports.
Connections
Married Mackie Lyvonne Harper, September 9, l96l. Children: Alfred Lloyd II, Angela Renee.
