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Profile of a National Patron:  Gloria Norris  

The National Patron Program is the premiere gift recognition program of the ESU.  Our National Patrons play a key role in supporting meaningful cultural and educational programs that enrich the lives of our members and thousands of middle school, high school and college students nationwide, as well as the greater international community of those teaching, learning and speaking English.  Your annual dues help to support your Branch's operation and approximately 10% of the national organization.  National Patron gifts help ensure that the ESU has both sound Branches and a strong National Headquarters to advance our mission and values.
advance our shared mission and values.

Gloria Bryant Norris is a native Atlantan who graduated from The Westminster Schools in Atlanta and Stephens College in Columbia, MO.  She also attended Emory University.  She has been a member of the Atlanta Branch for more than 30 years, having served many years as a Board Member there and as President from 1997-1999.  Gloria has attended ESU openings in Bankok, Hong Kong and Santiago, Chile, and has met with ESU Presidents in Hawaii, Vienna, Austria and Paris.  She has attended many Annual Conferences in the US and the ESU World Members Meeting in Edinburgh several years ago.  This year, she and her husband, Ed Norris, had the pleasure of attending the exquisite ESU Paris dinner in May at the Jockey Club in Paris, orchestraged by her friend, Madame Beatrix Montgermont-Kiel, National President of the ESU in France.

Gloria, who has been an active supporter of the ESU as a National Patron for more than a decade, has joined the Board of Directors as the Chair of the ESU's Region II.  As Regional Chair, she will stimulate communications among the branches in her region and represent them on the Board. 

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