Amb. Cynthia H. Norton, PhD

1928 - Living

• Name	Cynthia H. Norton  [1, 2]
  Title	Amb.
  Suffix	PhD
  Born	19 Nov 1928	Burnett, Vigo, Indiana, USA   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Maternal DNA	L1c2b1 -> West Africa  [3]
  Political Party	Republican
  Residence	1 Apr 1940	Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA   [1]
  _DEG	1968	Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
  	Indiana State University-Bachelors in Political Science
  _DEG	1972	Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
  	University of Massachusetts, Doctorate in Education
  Residence	Between 1974 and 1976	Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
  Tenure	Between 1986 and 1989	Sierra Leone
  	U. S. Ambassador - Appointed by Ronald Reagan - POTUS
  Residence	Between 1986 and 1989	Freetown, Western Area, Sierra Leone
  	West Africa
  Tenure	Between 1989 and 1993	Burundi
  	U. S. Ambassador - Appointed by George Bush - POTUS
  Residence	Between 1989 and 1993	Burundi
  	East Africa
  Tenure	Between 2004 and 2008	Tunis, Tunisia
  	United States Executive Director of the African Development Bank
  Reference Number	175
  Residence	Between 2004 and 2008	Tunis, Tunisia
  Died	Living
  Person ID	I175	Families

  
  

  Father	George W. Norton,   b. 2 Apr 1891, Vigo, Indiana, USA ,   d. 28 Apr 1973, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Flossie Phillips,   b. 16 Aug 1900, Vigo, Indiana, USA ,   d. 29 Sep 1973, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	26 Feb 1918	Vigo, Indiana, USA   [4]
  Marriage Records		Norton, George & Flossie Phillips Vigo County Marriage Records
  Family ID	F210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	James Olden Perry, Sr,   b. 14 Nov 1924, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA ,   d. 7 Nov 2006, Tunis, Tunisia  (Age 81 years)
  Married	1971	Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F324	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	James Otto Shepard, Sr.,   b. 28 Nov 1915, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA ,   d. 20 Jul 2004, Houston, Texas, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Married	2 Nov 1946	Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA   [5]
  Children	1. D.M. Shepard   2. M.K. Shepherd   3. J.O. Shepard, Jr   4. M.G.S. Shepard, PhD
  Photos		Shepard, Jimboy, Cynthia, Donna, Otto Early family photo circa 1952
  Family ID	F305	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Nov 1928 - Burnett, Vigo, Indiana, USA Residence - 1 Apr 1940 - Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Married - 2 Nov 1946 - Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA _DEG - Indiana State University-Bachelors in Political Science - 1968 - Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Married - 1971 - Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA _DEG - University of Massachusetts, Doctorate in Education - 1972 - Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Residence - Between 1974 and 1976 - Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya Tenure - U. S. Ambassador - Appointed by Ronald Reagan - POTUS - Between 1986 and 1989 - Sierra Leone Residence - West Africa - Between 1986 and 1989 - Freetown, Western Area, Sierra Leone Tenure - U. S. Ambassador - Appointed by George Bush - POTUS - Between 1989 and 1993 - Burundi Residence - East Africa - Between 1989 and 1993 - Burundi Tenure - United States Executive Director of the African Development Bank - Between 2004 and 2008 - Tunis, Tunisia Residence - Between 2004 and 2008 - Tunis, Tunisia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Norton, Cynthia H.

  
  

  DNA Project		L1b2c1 ● Maternal DNA Haplogroup of Cynthia Norton You are are an inferred DNA test match cousin if you have not taken this test. This test shows the relationship with other testers who share this Maternal DNA Haplogroup. The inference is to the mtDNA of Julia Johnson and Mary Collons, their female ancestors, and female descendants. The haplogroup has origins in West and central Africa.
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  Amb. Cynthia Shepard-Perry Article covering her service as U.S Ambassador

  
  

• Notes

  Cynthia Shepard Perry Ambassadorial Posts Sierra Leone, 1986 - 1989 Burundi, 1989 - 1993 Cynthia Perry was most recently the United States Executive Director of the African Development Bank. A native of Indiana, Dr. Perry was the US Ambassador to Sierra Leone from 1986-1989 and to Burundi from 1989-1993. Her career began in 1957 with the Nichols Investment Corporation. Dr. Perry later joined the IBM Corporation as an educational representative in the Office Products Division. From 1968-1971, she was the Director of the National Teachers Corps at the University of Massachusetts, where she received her Doctorate in International Education in 1972. Joining the faculty of Texas Southern University in 1971, she was an Associate Professor and Associate Director of Teacher Corps/Peace Corps and then became a full Professor and Dean of International Affairs from 1978-1982. Her first assignment to Africa was at the University of Nairobi in 1968 through Operation Crossroads Africa. From 1971-1973, Mrs. Perry and her husband, Dr. James O. Perry, trained a group of Peace Corps volunteers in Sierra Leone. In 1974, she led a special educational delegation to Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria and Liberia. She lived in Kenya from 1974-1976, trained Peace Corps paramedical volunteers, lectured at the University of Nairobi and was a consultant to the US Information Service in Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia. In 1976, she was appointed Staff Development Officer at the UN Economic Commission for Africa. From 1982 until her appointment, Mrs. Perry was Chief of the Education and Human Resources Division in the Africa Bureau of the US Agency for International Development.

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2012;;), Database online. Record for George Norton [S267] Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, Indiana; Births; Year: 1928; Roll: 022. Record for Cythia Helenia Norton [S255] 23andMe DNA, Cynthia H. Norton. Maternal DNA test results Haplogroup: L1c2b1 Ethnic Origin: West Africa [S206] Vigo County Marriage Record Database 1818-1958, (Name: Vigo County Public Library; Location: Terre Haute, Indiana;). [S206] Vigo County Marriage Record Database 1818-1958, (Name: Vigo County Public Library; Location: Terre Haute, Indiana;). Name: James Shepard Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 02 Nov 1946 Event Place: , Vigo, Indiana Alternate Event Place: Registration Place: Vigo, Indiana, United States Marriage License Date: 01 Nov 1946 Residence Place: Terre Haute, , Indiana Gender: Male Age (Estimated): 31 Race (Original): Colored Birth Date: 28 Nov 1915 Birthplace: Lost Creek Twp, , Indiana Father's Name: George Shepard Mother's Name: Annie Batton Spouse's Name: Cynthia Norton Spouse's Residence Place: Terre Haute, , Indiana Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age (Estimated): 19 Spouse's Previous Marriage Number: Spouse's Race (Original): Colored Spouse's Birth Date: 11 Nov 1927 Spouse's Birthplace: Burnett, , Indiana Spouse's Father's Name: George Norton Spouse's Mother's Name: Flossie Phillips Informant's Name: Officiator's Name: C M Hammond Page: 429 Record Number: Reference ID: GS Film number: 001906342 Digital Folder Number: 007030792 Image Number: 00281 Number of Images: 1