Background
Harbison, Earle Harrison was born on August 10, 1928 in St. Louis. Son of Earle Harrison and Rose W. (Hensberg) Harbison.
Harbison, Earle Harrison was born on August 10, 1928 in St. Louis. Son of Earle Harrison and Rose W. (Hensberg) Harbison.
Student, Harvard University, 1960; Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Washington University, St. Louis, 1948; Bachelor of Laws, George Washington University, 1957.
Various positions, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, 1949-1966; deputy director central reference, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, 1966-1967; director management information systems department, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, 1967-1973; director corporation organization and management development department, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, 1973-1975; general manager specialty chemical division, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, 1975; general manager plasticizers division, detergents and phosphates division, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, 1976-1977; vice president, managing director, Monsanto Commercial Products Company subsidiary Monsanto Company, St. Louis, 1977-1979; member corporation administrative committee, Monsanto Company, 1977; group vice president, managing director, Monsanto Chemical Company (formerly Monsanto Industrial Chemicals Company), St. Louis, 1979-1981; executive vice president, Monsanto Company, 1981-1986; president, chief operating officer, Monsanto Company, 1986-1991; now board directors, Monsanto Company, since 1986. Board directors Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc., National Life Insurance Company, Angelica Corporation, G.D. Searle and Company & The NutraSweet Company subsidiary Monsanto Company, Automobile Club of Missouri, St. Louis, Fisher Controls International, Inc. subsidiary Monsanto Company, St. Louis.
Board Governors United Way American, since 1985. Board directors Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, since 1990. Vice chairman Municipal Theatre Association, since 1990.
Chairman Regional Commerce and Growth Association, since 1989. Chairman Arts and Sciences National Council Washington U., St. Louis, 1992, president William Greenleaf Eliot Society, since 1989. Member Federal Bar and National Law Center, American Chemical Society (corporation liaison board since 1986), British-American Chamber of Commerce (advisory director since 1989), United States-Japan Business Council (director since 1990), United States Trade Republican (member investment policy advising committee since 1989), Product Liability Coord.
Committee, Eldorado Country Club (Indian Wells, California), Ponte Vedra Club (Florida), Bellerive Country Club, Log Cabin Club, St. Louis Club.
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Married Suzanne Groves Siegel, November 18, 1952. Children: Earle Douglas, Keith Siegel.