Background
McPHERSON, Harry was born on August 22, 1929 in Tyler, Texas, United States. Son of Harry Cummings and Nan (née Hight) McPherson.
lawyer and government official
McPHERSON, Harry was born on August 22, 1929 in Tyler, Texas, United States. Son of Harry Cummings and Nan (née Hight) McPherson.
Tyler High School] Texas, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, University of the South, Tennessee] Columbia University and University of Texas Law School.
Worked at Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, Chartered (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in Legislative Law, Regulatory Law. Admitted to the bar, 1956, Texas. 1969, District of Columbia.
Author: "A Political Education," 1972, 1988, 1995.
Deputy Under Secretary of the Army for International Affairs, 1963-1964. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 1964-1965.
Counsel, then Special Counsel to the President, White House, 1965-1969. Vice Chairman, 1969-1976 and General Counsel, 1976-1991, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Member, President"s Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island, 1979.
President, Federal City Council, Washington, 1983-1988. President, Economic Club of Washington, 1992. Vice Chairman, United States International Cultural and Trade Center Commission, 1988-1992.
Member, Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, 1993.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Bar Association of the District of Columbia.
( This insider's view of Washington in the 1950s and 1960...)
Member, President"s Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island, 1979. President, Federal City Council, Washington, 1983-1988. President, Economic Club of Washington, 1992.
Vice Chairman, United States International Cultural and Trade Center Commission, 1988-1992.
Member, Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, 1993. Member: The District of Columbia Bar.
Bar Association of the District of Columbia.
Married 1st Clayton Read in 1952 (divorced in 1981), two son. Married 2nd Patricia McPherson in 1981, one son.