LT. COLONEL JOHN NORTON JR.
Lieutenant Colonel John Norton Junior's goal is "to live with integrity and make a difference in the lives of others." To this end he served as an Army officer from June 1970–September 1992. Several highlights of his career include the following: serving as an advisor with the Vietnamese Airborne Division in RVN; commanding an aero-rifle platoon with the Second Armored Cavalry Regiment in Germany patrolling the borders of East Germany and Czechoslovakia on ground and as a helicopter pilot; commanding an airborne company in Italy; serving as a battalion executive officer and brigade operations officer in the Seventh Infantry Division (light); and serving as the professor of military science at Brigham Young University from 1987–1991.Upon retiring from the military in 1992, Norton worked as a consultant and facilitator for the Covey Leadership Center's Washington, DC, affiliate from 1992–1994. Also in 1994, he was the deputy project manager for the World Bank, traveling and training business leaders in Kazakhstan. In 1996, he helped create the Center for Organizational Excellence (COE), a consulting division of the Byrd School of Business at Shenandoah University. He served there as director of learning and innovation, working with businesses and educational organizations in the Northern Shenandoah Valley.
He departed COE in August 1998 to join First Bank, where he serves as a member of their executive committee and as vice president of human resources and marketing.
Norton is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and holds Masters of Arts degrees in international relations from the University of Southern California and in organizational behavior from BYU. He is also a graduate of the Army War College.
He feels his greatest work is within the walls of his home, where he and his wife Cindy are the proud parents of six active children.
