Full name: Bayes Marshall Norton
Height: 5-10 (178 cm)
Weight: 146 lbs (66 kg)
Born: September 23, 1903 in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 21, 1967 in Gambier, Ohio, United States
Affiliations: Yale Bulldogs, New Haven (USA)
Country: United States
Bayes Norton competed for Yale as a sprinter and finished second in the 1924 Olympic Trials. He earned a Rhodes Scholarship and competed thru the late 20s for Oxford in both the 100y and 220y. He later became a professor of chemistry at Kenyon College. He was a government consultant and was cited for his contribution to the Manhattan Project during World War II. He was co-author of an official US Government history of science in World War II, entitled Rockets, Guns and Targets.
Personal Best: 200 – 21.8 (1924).
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