Background
Bob Norton was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and his early education was at Croydon Preparatory School.
Bob Norton was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and his early education was at Croydon Preparatory School.
He attended Newington College (1933-1940) from his family home in Enfield, New South Wales, and excelled in cricket.
He served as president of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons and chairman of the Dental Board of New South Wales. In the year that he died he was elected as vice-president of the International College of Dentists. After completing the Leaving Certificate, Norton went up to the University of Sydney 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 Blue for both cricket and baseball.
After post-graduate study in the United States of America, Norton returned to Sydney to specialise in orthodontistry. He also provided specialist services on a visiting basis in Goulburn and Wagga Wagga.
He was a member of the Newington 1st XI (1938-1940) and selected in the Combined Global Positioning System XI in 1939 and again in 1940. He was a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons and an Honorary Life Member of the Australian Dental Association, Korean Dental Association, Taiwan Dental Association, American Dental Association and Australian Society of Orthodontists.