Norton, Henry M., 1906-1975

Henry M. Norton (1906-1975), of Portland, Oregon, was a writer of magazine stories and radio and television scripts.

Author, of Portland, Or.

Born in 1906 and a native of Ritzville, Washington, Henry M. Norton graduated from the University of Washington and moved to Portland, Oregon in 1937.

During his career, he worked as a copy writer for The Oregonian, and was production manager at KGW radio and television station prior to becoming manager of the Portland Symphony n 1958.

Norton was also a freelance fiction writer and had several stories published in national magazines, such as the Saturday Evening Post, Collier's Argosy, Atlantic Monthly and Harper's . During World War II, Norton also frequently published detective diction. Not only did Norton write fiction, he became a skilled copy writer for radio and television, working with the BBC, among others.

In the early 1970s, Norton taught classes in technical writing and television and radio script writing at Mt. Hood Community College, and held private seminars at his home. He also worked briefly with the Professional Writers School, a correspondence study course for beginning writers. His work with this organization included written responses and critical analyses of individual student writing assignments.

In addition to these various activities, Norton was active in the Willamette Writers Association, and was co-founder of Golden House, an organization providing radio programs to shut-ins, the elderly, and the blind. Henry Norton died in 1975.