Background
Norton, Gale Ann was born on March 11, 1954 in Wichita. Daughter of Dale Bentsen and Anna Jacqueline (Lansdowne) Norton.
lawyer United States Secretary of the Interior
Norton, Gale Ann was born on March 11, 1954 in Wichita. Daughter of Dale Bentsen and Anna Jacqueline (Lansdowne) Norton.
Bachelor, University Denver, 1975. Juris Doctor, University Denver, 1978.
Judicial clerk Colorado Court Appeals, Denver, 1978-1979. Senior attorney Mountain States Legal Foundation, 1979-1983. National fellow Hoover Institution Stanford University, California, 1983-1984.
Assistant to deputy secretary United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, 1984-1985. Associate solicitor United States Department Interior, 1985-1987. Private practice law Denver, 1987-1990.
Attorney general State of Colorado, 1991—1999. Senior counsel Brownstein, Hyatt & Farber, Professional Corporation, 1999—2000. Secretary United States Department Interior, Washington, 2001—2006.
General counsel Royal Dutch Shell plc, Colorado, since 2007. Lecturer University Denver Law School, 1989. Transportation law program director University Denver, 1978-1979.
Participant Republican Leadership Program, Colorado, 1988, Colorado Leadership Forum, 1989. Past chair National Association Attorneys General Environmental Committee. Co-chair National Policy Forum Environmental Council.
Candidate for 1996 election to United States.Senate. National chair Coalition Republican Environmental Advisers. Chair environmental commission Republican National Lawyers Association.
Member Federalist Society, Colorado Women's Forum, Order of St. Ives.
Married John Goethe Hughes, March 26, 1990.