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[[File:SNORMAN.JPG|thumb|right|Judge Norman in court]] |
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'''Seth Norman''' (b. April 6, 1934) is a US judge, former Democrat regional politician, and former airman. He served on the Tennessee House of Representatives and, as a judge, founded the first and only court-operated residential [[drug court]] in the United States. |
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==Early life== |
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Norman was born in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], to John Edward (Jack) Norman and Carrie Laura Sneed Norman. He graduated from [http://pages.prodigy.net/nhn.slate/nh00023.html Duncan Preparatory School for Boys] in 1951, enrolling that September at [[Vanderbilt University]]. He voluntarily withdrew from Vanderbilt in September 1952 to enter military service. |
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==Military service== |
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Norman entered the [[United States Air Force]] on January 5, 1953, and attended basic training at [[Lackland Air Force Base]], [[San Antonio, Texas]] before assignment to [[Keesler Air Force Base|Keesler Field]], [[Biloxi, Mississippi]] for electronics school. Norman applied for flight training in June 1953. He was assigned to the Aviation Cadet Training Pre-flight Program at Lackland Air Force Base in July, and then to Basic Observer Navigation training at [[Harlingen Air Force Base]] in Texas in September. He undertook Advanced Navigation Training at [[Connally AFB|James Connolly Air Force Base], Waco, Texas in July, 1954; he then completed training and commissioned as a [[2nd Lieutenant]] in November 1954. In January 1955 Norman was assigned to the [[581st Air Resupply and Communications Wing|581st Air Resupply Squadron]] at [[Kadena Air Force Base]], [[Okinawa]], specifically as a navigator on a [[B-29]] crew, though he also flew [[C-47 Skytrain|C-47]], [[C-119 Flying Boxcar|C-119]], [[Douglas DC-6|C-118]], [[B-26 Marauder|B-26]], [[C-54 Skymaster|C-54]] and [[HU-16 Albatross| SA-16s]]. He was then reassigned to [[Mobile Downtown Airport|Brookley Air Force Base]] in Mobile, Alabama in July 1956, where he was a navigator on the [[C-124 Globemaster II|C-124]]. |
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Norman was released from active duty in September 1957. He then joined the [[Tennessee Air National Guard]] and remained there for six years. |
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==Politics== |
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In 1960 Norman was elected President of the Davidson County Young Democrats. He was elected in August 1962 to the [[Tennessee House of Representatives]], and in 1964 and 1968 won election to the [[Tennessee Democratic Party|Tennessee Democratic Executive Committee]], where he served for four years as Secretary. In 1968 he was a delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]]; he served also on the [[Democratic National Committee|Democratic National Platform Committee]]. |
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==Legal career== |
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Norman returned to Vanderbilt in 1957. He entered the [[Nashville School of Law]] in September 1958, graduating in June 1962, and received his license to practice law in Tennessee. He entered the private practice of law with his father and brother. |
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In 1990 Norman was elected Judge of Division IV of the Criminal Court for Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. He was re-elected to the position in 2006 without opposition. |
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Judge Norman founded the Davidson County Drug Court, a long-term residential treatment program for non-violent felony offenders, over which he presides alongside his responsibilities as a criminal court judge. The program is the only court-operated residential drug court in the United States. |
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Norman serves as of January 2009 on the Governor's Criminal Justice Committee and the Safe & Drug Free Schools and Communities Advisory Committee for the [[United States Department of Education]]. He is chairman of the board for the Nashville Drug Court Support Foundation. He has written many articles on drug courts and his drug court has been cited in many National publications. |
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==Personal life== |
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Norman is married to Ruthe (Donnie) Burger. He has three children and six grandchildren. |
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==External links== |
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* [http://drugcourt.nashville.gov/portal/page/portal/drugCourt/home/ Davidson County Drug Court] |
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* [http://state.tn.us/eventphotos/CJ03252008.html Photographs from the Governor's Criminal Justice Committee] |
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* [http://www.isupportdc4.com/ Nashville Drug Court Support Foundation] |
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* [http://www.dcyd.org/ Davidson County Young Democrats] |
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[[Category:1934 births]] |
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[[Category:Tennessee state court judges]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:People from Tennessee]] |
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