Dave Norris (Louisiana politician)
| Dave Noel Norris, Sr. | |
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| Mayor of West Monroe, Louisiana | |
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Assumed office July 1, 1978 |
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| Preceded by | Bert Hatten |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 4, 1942 West Monroe, Louisiana, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Biddy Dupree Norris |
| Relations | William Wiley Norris, III (brother) |
| Children |
Cynthia Susan Norris |
| Parents | William Wiley, II, and Rosalie Beeson Norris |
| Residence | West Monroe, Louisiana |
| Alma mater |
West Monroe High School |
| Occupation | College professor Long-term mayor |
Cynthia Susan Norris
Dave Noel "Davy" Norris, Jr.
West Monroe High School
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Louisiana Tech University
Dave Noel Norris, Sr. (born August 4, 1942), is the Democraticmayor of his native West Monroe, Louisiana, a position which he has held since 1978 with minimal opposition. Norris was unopposed for a tenth and final term as mayor in the election held on April 5, 2014.
Norris is one of four children, two surviving, of William Wiley Norris, II (1909–1987), a native of Smith County, Mississippi, and the former Rosalie Beeson (1911–1996). They are interred at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe. He graduated from West Monroe High School. In 1963, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Louisiana at Monroe, then known as Northeast Louisiana State College. In 1965, he procured a Master of Business Administration from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. He obtained the Doctor of Business Administration from Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi. From 1966 until his election as mayor in 1978, Norris was an associate professor of economics and director of the Small Business Institute at the his alma mater, ULM. After becoming mayor, he continued to teach part-time at ULM until 1998. One of the students whom Norris mentored was Robert "Bob" Mann, a journalist and political historian who holds the Douglas Manship Chair of Journalism at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
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