Bayes Norton

Bayes Norton

Bayes Norton at the 1924 Olympics
Personal information
Born	September 23, 1903 Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, United States
Died	October 21, 1967 (aged 64) Gambier, Ohio, United States
Alma mater	Yale University, University of Oxford
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	200 m
Club	Yale Bulldogs, New Haven
Achievements and titles
Personal best	200 m – 21.8 (1924)

Bayes Marshall Norton (September 23, 1903 – October 21, 1967) was an American sprint runner. In 1924 he finished second in the 200 m at the U.S. Olympic Trials and fifth at the 1924 Olympic Games. He won a Rhodes Scholarship and in the late 1920s ran for the University of Oxford. He later became a professor of chemistry at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. As a government consultant he contributed to the Manhattan Project and to Rockets, Guns and Targets, an official U.S. Government history book on science during World War II.