Background
Norris, Curtis Bird was born on July 14, 1927 in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Lowell Ames and Helen (Curtis) Norris.
Norris, Curtis Bird was born on July 14, 1927 in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Lowell Ames and Helen (Curtis) Norris.
AB, Middlebury College, 1951; postgraduate, Bridgewater (Massachusetts) State College, 1986-1995.
Free-lance writer, from 1945. Writer Sikorsky Aircraft Company, Stratford, Connecticut, 1957-1959, North America Aviation, Downey, California, 1959-1961. Editor Hughes Aircraft Company, Fullerton, 1961-1962, Whitman (Massachusetts) News, 1962-1965.
Science writer University Vermont, 1965-1966. Editor Wareham (Massachusetts) Courier, 1966-1969. Medical science editor Brown University, Providence, 1969-1977.
Director public affairs Stonehill College, North Easton, Massachusetts, 1977-1983. Staff columnist Quincy (Massachusetts) Patriot Ledger, 1982-1999. News director Bridgewater State College, 1985-1987.
Industrial relations director Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, Boston, 1987-1989. Instructor Stonehill College, North Easton, from 1991. Columnist Attleboro (Massachusetts) Sun Chronicle, from 1999, Foxboro (Massachusetts) Reporter, from 1999.
Lecturer, feature writer Boston Sunday Herald-Traveler, 1963-1976, Yankee magazine, since 1963. Staff investigative reporter Globe Communications, Montreal, Canada, since 1973. Board directors public relations programs Composite Technology Alloys Company, Attleboro, Massachusetts, since 1975.
Coordinator Eastern Writers Conference, Salem, Massachusetts, 1982. Consultant public relations, since 1983. Instructor Stonehill College, 1991.
Chairman publicity Wareham chapter American Cancer Society, 1966, community chairman, 1967-1969. Associate member Federated Eastern Indian League. Board directors Opera New England of Greater Brookton, Norton Land Preservation Committee, 1999.
With United States Army Air Force, 1945-1947. Major Massachusetts National Guard. Member New England Press Association, American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, American Medical Writers Association, Association American Medical Colleges, Mystery Writers American, State Defense Force Association of the United States, Retired Officers Association, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 1108, Massachusetts Society Mayflower Descendants, Kappa Delta Rho.
Married Eileen Patricia Schindler, March 23, 1959. Children: Katharine Eileen, Helen Carolyn, Suzanne Elizabeth.