Jack Norris (activist)

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Jack Norris
Born (1967-02-02) February 2, 1967 (age 58)
Ohio, United States
Education Cornell College (BA, 1988)
Life University (BSc, 2000)
Occupations
  • Activist
  • author
  • dietitian
Years active1993–present
Spouse
Alexandra Bury
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(m. 2008⁠–⁠2023)​
Website jacknorrisrd.com

Jack Norris (born February 2, 1967) is an American dietitian and animal rights activist who specializes in plant-based nutrition. He is Executive Director of Vegan Outreach, [1] which he co-founded in 1993.

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Early life and education

Norris graduated from Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1985. He attended Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, receiving a B.A. in Philosophy and Sociology in 1989.

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Life University (Marietta, Georgia) in 2000 and performed his dietetic internship at Georgia State University in 2000–2001. [1]

Career

Norris, a vegan, is a registered dietitian. [1]

Norris is the author of Vitamin B12: Are You Getting It?, Nutrition Tips for Vegans, and many other articles on VeganHealth.org. He's the author of Going Vegan Reduces Your Environmental Impact.

Norris pioneered Vegan Outreach's Adopt A College program which was most prolific from 2005 to 2020 and consisted of vegan advocates handing out Vegan Outreach's booklets to over 22 million students at over 4,800 schools. [2] Norris now oversees Vegan Outreach's online 10 Weeks to Vegan program, in which over 1 million people have taken part. The program has different versions for 19 countries. [3]

Honors and awards

Norris won VegNews magazine's Columnist of the Year award for 2003 and 2004. [4]

In 2005, Norris was elected to the Animal Rights Hall of Fame. [5]

Personal life

Norris married vegan chef Alex Bury on September 11, 2008, in front of a KFC restaurant in Toronto, Canada. [6] After the wedding, the guests were served vegan sandwiches that KFC had recently introduced to the public. [7] Norris and Bury divorced in 2023. Norris lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "About". VeganHealth.org.
  2. ↑ "Stats".
  3. ↑ "About".
  4. ↑ Hartglass, Caryn (2011-08-24). "Interview with Jack Norris and Virginia Messina". It’s All About Food. Forest Hills (New York City): Responsible Eating and Living. Archived from the original on 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2014-03-17. Jack won VegNews magazine's Columnist of the Year award for 2003 and 2004.
  5. ↑ "U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame". Animal Rights National Conference. Farm Animal Rights Movement. Archived from the original on 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  6. ↑ Goddard, John (2008-09-12). "Vegans walk aisle with the Colonel". Toronto Star . Archived from the original on 2014-11-01. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
  7. ↑ Cellania, Miss (2010-03-11). "7 Retail Weddings". Mental Floss . Archived from the original on 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
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