Augustus Richard Norton (September 2, 1946 – February 20, 2019) was an American professor and army officer.
He was a professor of international relations and anthropology at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University.
After being commissioned from the ranks in 1967, Norton served two combat tours in Vietnam as an airborne infantry officer.
Prof. Denis J. Sullivan called the project "field-changing" and it resulted in the publication of two volumes on civil society in the region.
[2] He served as the founding chairman of the executive committee of the Boston Consortium for Arab Region Studies (BCARS).