Background
Norton, H. Gaither was born on August 16, 1918 in Brooklyn. Son of Dwight Fanning and Jessie (Gaither) Norton.
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H. Gaither Norton
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Student, Middlebury College, 1936. Student, Lafayette College, 1938—1939. Student, New York University, 1939—1940.
Student, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1941. Bachelor of Arts in Economics with honors, University of California at Los Angeles, 1952.
Career
With Continental Can Company, 1937—1939, sales trainee, 1939—1941. Employment interviewer Grumman Aircraft Corporation, 1941—1943. With F.W. Boltz Corporation, Los Angeles, 1947—1948, national sales manager, 1948—1950.
Assistant division manager Northeast division Welch's Grape Juice Company, New York City, 1952—1954. President H.G. Norton Company, Inc. and Norton National Marketers Group, New Milford, Connecticut, since 1954. 1st vice president Weantinoge Heritage Land Trust, Incorporated, New York Milford, 1966—1976, 1982—1988.
With United States Marine Corps, 1943-1946.
Achievements
Membership
Zoning board appeals Town of New Milford, 1970, planning commission to set up committee on aging, 1972, panel to examine town police needs, 1980. Active New Milford Conservation Commission, since 1981, Economic Development Commission, since 1984, Republican Town Committee, New Milford, 1982—1986. Secretary, board directors Sunny Valley Foundation, 1978—1979.
Member of National Food Distributors Association (director manufacturers council 1964-1975, since 1988, convention committee 1975), National Association Specialty Food and Confection Brokers (president 1972-1974, chairman International Fancy Food and Confection Show 1969), National Association Specialty Food Trade (president 1962-1963), Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Ann Lou Allen, March 23, 1941. Children: Priscilla Ann, Lou Elaine. Married Laura Louise Smith, July 26, 1950.
Children: Craig Gaither, Laura Marjorie, Scott Clark, Ellen Louise.
