Norris graduated from West Monroe High School.<ref name=norrisbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/DI/20140424/NEWS01/304240015/|title=West Monroe Mayor Norris to deliver commencement at ULM|date=April 25, 2014|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=May 22, 2014 (article can no longer be accessed on Internet)}}</ref> In 1963, he obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from the University of Louisiana at Monroe, then known as Northeast Louisiana State College. In 1965, he procured a [[Master of Business Administration]] from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. He obtained a doctorate in business administration from Mississippi State University in Starkville.<ref name=chac>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=o9SASkgB__IC&pg=PA351&lpg=PA351&dq=Dave+Norris+in+Chacahoula&source=bl&ots=53c_ydAEDd&sig=aNkCrW0dfkXJhhsjGwPCgNcwN8Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DvJvUsDIPMW92wXN0YG4Bw&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Dave%20Norris%20in%20Chacahoula&f=false|title=Making It: Mayor's Enthusiasm Promotes Interest|publisher=''The Chacahoula'' (1984)|accessdate=October 29, 2013}}</ref> | Norris graduated from West Monroe High School.<ref name=norrisbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/DI/20140424/NEWS01/304240015/|title=West Monroe Mayor Norris to deliver commencement at ULM|date=April 25, 2014|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=May 22, 2014 (article can no longer be accessed on Internet)}}</ref> In 1963, he obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from the University of Louisiana at Monroe, then known as Northeast Louisiana State College. In 1965, he procured a [[Master of Business Administration]] from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. He obtained a doctorate in business administration from Mississippi State University in Starkville.<ref name=chac>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=o9SASkgB__IC&pg=PA351&lpg=PA351&dq=Dave+Norris+in+Chacahoula&source=bl&ots=53c_ydAEDd&sig=aNkCrW0dfkXJhhsjGwPCgNcwN8Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DvJvUsDIPMW92wXN0YG4Bw&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Dave%20Norris%20in%20Chacahoula&f=false|title=Making It: Mayor's Enthusiasm Promotes Interest|publisher=''The Chacahoula'' (1984)|accessdate=October 29, 2013}}</ref> |