Gordon W. Norris - Mission Hills, CA - Dead Poets' Society Memorials on Waymarking.com

The Museum at Mission San Fernando displays this memorial to four Poet Laureates of California including Gordon w. Norris which it depicts and informs us:

"Gordon w. Norris, born August 8, 1907,
Redlands, California; professional poet since
early teens, one of best known works GOLDEN
EMPIRE, 1949, published in celebration of Cali-
fornia's Centennial Years. Designated and ap-
pointed POET LAUREATE OF CALIFORNIA,
June 10, 1953, and will hold title until death.
California Statutes (1953), Chapter 210"

Wikipedia (visit link) includes Norris in its list of California Poet Laureates but does not have a separate article for him...nor could a biography be found online for him.

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