What is Norman Carlson?
[[File:NormanACarlson.jpg|right|200px]] '''Norman Albert Carlson''' (August 10, 1933 &ndash; August 9, 2020) was an American correctional officer and politician. He was born in [[Sioux City, Iowa]]. He was made Director of the [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] in 1970 by President [[Richard Nixon]]. He retired from the office in 1987. He was Director Emeritus of [[GEO Group]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.geogroup.com/board_of_directors |title=StackPath |publisher=Geogroup.com |access-date=2020-05-23 |archive-date=2020-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508194754/https://www.geogroup.com/board_of_directors |url-status=dead }}</ref> Carlson died on August 9, 2020 at a hospital in [[Phoenix, Arizona]] from [[lymphoma]], one day before his 87th birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/us/norman-carlson-forceful-head-of-us-prisons-dies-at-86.html|title=Norman Carlson, Forceful Head of U.S. Prisons, Dies at 86|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 20, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Carlson, Norman}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from lymphoma]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Iowa]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Florida]] [[Category:Politicians from Iowa]] [[Category:Politicians from Florida]] [[Category:People from Sioux City, Iowa]]