Robert Norton retired as senior vice president for corporate human resources for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group in 2004, after having been appointed to that position in 2001. He joined Pfizer in 1969, working in the corporate personnel division. He held a number of international and domestic positions in human resources and from 1985 to 1997, served as Pfizer's senior international human resources executive. Currently, Mr. Norton serves as chairman of the Board of Trustees for Fisk University and has demonstrated significant leadership in helping to raise funds for this historically black liberal arts college, which was struggling for survival. He is the former chairman of the Department of State Overseas Schools Advisory Council.