Background
Harmon, Francis Stuart was born on January 3, 1895 in Paulding, Mississippi, United States. Son of Review Gus Shaw and Jessie Bruce (Banks) Harmon.
Harmon, Francis Stuart was born on January 3, 1895 in Paulding, Mississippi, United States. Son of Review Gus Shaw and Jessie Bruce (Banks) Harmon.
Bachelor of Arts, University Virginia, 1916, Master of Arts, 1917. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1922. Doctor of Laws, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 1936.
Began practice of law with Wells, Stevens & Jones, Jackson, Mississippi, 1922. Assistant attorney general, Mississippi, 1924, 25. Candidate for Democratic nomination for Congress, 1926.
Editor, public Hattiesburg (Mississippi) American, 1926-1933, president, 1928-1960.
President National Council Young Men's Christian Association’s of the United States, 1929-1931. General secretary International Committee Young Men's Christian Association’s of the United States and Canada, 1932-1937.
Director New York City Young Men's Christian Association.
Member executive staff Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Incorporated., 1937-1941, vice president, 1945-1951. Served as Second lieutenant Field Artillery, Army of the United States, World War I. Member American Bar Association, Kappa Sigma, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Lucile Waverley Harwood, April. Children: Virginia Blackwell (Mistress John F. Jameson II), Francis Stuart.