Norma Eagleton

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.

Early life and education 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. She then earned an associate degree from Stephens College in 1954 and her bachelor's from the University of Oklahoma in 1956.

Oklahoma Corporation Commission Eagleton was appointed to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission in 1979 by Governor George Nigh and she won reelection in 1980 and 1982. She graduated from Oklahoma City University School of Law in May 1988. She was the first woman to serve on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.

Death Eagleton died on August 13, 2025, at the age of 91.