Frederick Philip Harris

Background

Harris, Frederick Philip was born on August 28, 1911 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Philip Henry and Nellie Louise (Humpage) Harris.

Education

AB, Willamette University, 1935. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1944.

Certified in Japanese, University Michigan, 1944.

Career

Tutor, Horace Mann School for Boys, New York City, 1935-1941; instructor English, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1941-1942; psychologist, Bureau Psychological Superior vena cava syndrome, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1946; associate professor philosophy, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1946-1955; department chairman, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1948-1957; headmaster, American School in Japan, Tokyo, 1957-1966; professor, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1967-1980; department chairman philosophy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1967-1976. Fulbright visiting professor faculty education Kyoto (Japan) U., 1955-1957. Professor Rockefeller Foundation American Studies Seminar, Doshisha U. Japan, 1956.

Visiting professor U. Oregon, Eugene, summer 1950, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, summer 1966,Lewis & Clark College, Portland, 1966-1967. Director Oregon Study Center WasedaU., Tokyo, 1977-1980. Visiting professor Graduate School Commerce Waseda U., 1980, Open College, 1982-1992.

President Tokyo International Company, 1986-1992. Advisor Japan Intercultural Comm. Society, Tokyo, 1980-1982.

Achievements

• Frederick Philip Harris has been listed as a noteworthy philosophy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Neo-Idealist Political Theory; Its Continuity with the British

Membership

Advisor International School, Nagoya, Japan, 1963-1966, Sendai American School, Japan, 1963-1965. Delegate 1st American-Japan Student Conference, Aoyama Gakuin, Tokyo, 1934. Staff sergeant United States Army, 1942-1945.

Member American Philosophical Association, Asiatic Society Japan (counselor 1986-1989), Japan English Forensics Association, Nature Conservancy, Wilderness Society.

Interests

• Avocations: swimming, hiking, mountain climbing, pottery, traveling.

Connections

Married Hester Almira Larson, July 15, 1943. Children: Judith, Jacquelyn, Jennifer, Elizabeth, Marcia, Frederick (deceased).

Father:

Philip Henry Harris

Mother:

Nellie Louise (Humpage) Harris

Spouse:

Hester Almira Larson

child:

Marcia Harris

child:

Frederick Harris (deceased)

child:

Jennifer Harris

child:

Elizabeth Harris

child:

Judith Harris

child:

Jacquelyn Harris