Robert Benjamin Norris

Background

Norris, Robert Benjamin was born on September 6, 1910 in Redlands, California, United States. Son of Robert Edward and Clarissa Ellen (Scott) Norris.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, Pomona College, 1931; postgraduate, Harvard University, 1931-1932; postgraduate, U. Paris, Sorbonne, 1932.

Career

Teaching, Hammond Hall School, Los Angeles, 1934-1935; artist animated cartoons, Disney, Harmon-Ising Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), Los Angeles, 1935-1936; art instructor, Kamehameha School for Boys, Honolulu, 1936-1937; from instructor to professor art, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1937-1976; chairman art Department, University Hawaii, Honolulu, 1945-1955; emeritus professor art, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, since 1976. Trustee Friends Seminary, New York City, 1977-1988, chairman, 1983-1988. Fulbright professor Tokyo U. Education, 1955-1956.

Resident artist Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1967. Tagore visiting artist U. Baroda, India, 1971-1972.

Achievements

• Robert Benjamin Norris has been listed as a notable Artist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Recording secretary Williamsburg-Greenpoint Indiana Democratic Club, Brooklyn, since 1989. Member Association Honolulu Artists (president), Hawaii Artists League.

Connections

Married Margaret Sheffield, July 12, 1940 (divorced 1968, deceased 1989). Children: Stephen Sheffield, Peter Scott, Margaret U. Norris Castrey.

Father:

Robert Edward Norris

Mother:

Clarissa Ellen (Scott) Norris

Spouse:

Margaret Sheffield

child:

Peter Scott Norris

child:

Stephen Sheffield Norris

child:

Margaret U. Norris Castrey Norris