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.^[1] 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.^[2]