Norman Heaton served as the Parachute Club of America’s/USPA’s executive director for 11 years until the organization moved from Monterey, California, to Washington, DC, in the mid-1970s. In 1981, Norman was honored with USPA’s highest non-competitive, the Lifetime Achievement Award for contributing “substantially and uniquely to USPA’s greatest growth.” Now living with his wife, Betty, in Oklahoma, he remains involved with the sport’s activities as a USPA Executive Director Emeritus.