Charlie Norwood | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 10th district |
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In office January 3, 2007 – February 13, 2007 |
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Preceded by | Nathan Deal |
Succeeded by | Paul Broun |
In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003 |
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Preceded by | Don Johnson, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Nathan Deal |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 9th district |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 |
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Preceded by | Nathan Deal |
Succeeded by | Nathan Deal |
Personal details | |
Born |
Charles Whitlow Norwood, Jr. July 27, 1941 Valdosta, Georgia, U.S. |
Died |
February 13, 2007 (aged 65) Augusta, Georgia, U.S. |
Resting place | Westover Memorial Park Augusta, Georgia |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Gloria Norwood |
Alma mater |
Baylor School Georgia Southern University Georgetown University |
Occupation | Dentist |
Religion | Methodist |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Service/branch | United States Army |
Years of service | 1967-1969 |
Rank | Captain |
Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
Charles Whitlow "Charlie" Norwood, Jr., D.D.S. (July 27, 1941 – February 13, 2007) was an American politician and dentist, serving as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 until his death in 2007. At the time of his death, Norwood was the Representative of the 10th District of Georgia.
Born in Valdosta, Georgia, Norwood graduated from Baylor School, then a military academy, in Chattanooga, TN. He then attended Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.. Before entering the House, Norwood operated a successful dentistry practice in Augusta.
He married his wife, Gloria, in 1962. They had two sons, Charles and Carlton, and lived in Evans, Georgia; a suburb of Augusta.
Norwood served as a Captain in the United States Army from 1967 to 1969, beginning with an assignment to the U.S. Army Dental Corps at Sandia Army Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 1968 he was transferred to the Medical Company (Company B-Med) of the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam, and served a combat tour at Quin Yon, An Khe, and LZ English at Bong Son. During his tour, he participated in experimental military dental practices that are now standard procedure for the armed forces. Norwood was one of the first participants in the Army's outreach program that delivered dentists to forward firebases in lieu of transferring patients to rear treatment areas. He provided some of the first field-based dental treatment of military guard dogs, and assisted in non-dental trauma care in Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals.