Jack Norris (activist)

Norris graduated from Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1985. He attended Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, receiving a B.S.S. 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]

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 consists 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]

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]

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.

• Norris, Jack. Vitamin B12: Are You Getting It? (web-based book). VeganHealth.org.
• Norris, Jack; Messina, Virginia (2020-05-12). Vegan for Life: Everything You Need to Know to Be Healthy and Fit on a Plant-Based Diet. Second Edition. Hachette Go. ISBN 978-0738285863.