Background
He was born in Detroit on May 18, 1915, one of three children of Samuel and Mabel Wolfe Harrison.
He was born in Detroit on May 18, 1915, one of three children of Samuel and Mabel Wolfe Harrison.
University of California, Los Los Angeles
In 1937 he earned a bachelor"s degree in psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he had also been an editor of the Daily Bruin. He then worked at the University Religious Conference, which promoted inter-religious cooperation. In that position he met Eleanor Roosevelt, who recruited him as chairman of the youth division of the Office of Civilian Defense in Washington, District of Columbia During World World War II, he was in the Army Air Forces and served in the Philippines.
In 1948, Harrison became national chairman of the American Veterans Committee.
Harrison married Anne Blaine in 1951.
