Norma Eagleton
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March 19, 1934
Wewoka, Oklahoma, U.S.
Norma Eagleton | |
|---|---|
| Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner | |
| In office 1979 – January 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Jan Eric Cartwright |
| Succeeded by | Bob Anthony |
| City of Tulsa Finance and Revenue Commissioner | |
| In office 1976–1979 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Morris |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Norma Leigh Haddad March 19, 1934 Wewoka, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | August 13, 2025 (aged 91) |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
Norma Leigh Haddad Eagleton (March 19, 1934 – August 13, 2025) was an American politician who served on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission between 1979 and January 1989. She was the first woman elected to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and to the Tulsa City Commission.
Norma Leigh Haddad was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma, on March 19, 1934, to Edwina Beatty, a schoolteacher, and Sam Haddad, a Harvard-educated banker. Her paternal grandfather, George Haddad, had immigrated from Ottoman-ruled Lebanon. The family lived in Beggs before settling in Claremore when Norma was six.[1]
She graduated valedictorian from Claremore High School in 1952.[2] She then earned an associate degree from Stephens College in 1954 and her bachelor's from the University of Oklahoma in 1956.[1] She married John Eagleton, a lawyer, in 1956. They had two children.[1]