Background
Harris, Henry William was born on January 6, 1919 in Catawba, North Carolina, United States. Son of Henry William and Katie (Coulter) Harris.
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Henry William Harris
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Bachelor, University of North Carolina, 1940. Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Harvard University, 1943.
Career
Intern, Harvard Medical Service, Boston City Hospital, 1944-1945;
assistant resident medicine, Harvard Medical Service, Boston City Hospital, 1945-1946;
resident fellow, Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, 1944, 46;
resident chest service, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1947;
staff physician, Gunderson Clinic, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, 1948-1953;
assistant professor medicine, U. Utah College Medicine, 1955-1959;
associate professor, U. Utah College Medicine, 1959-1960;
chief pulmonary disease service, Veterans Administration Hospital., Salt Lake City, 1955-1960;
professor department chairman medicine, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1960-1967;
department chairman medicine, Catholic Medical Center Brooklyn and Queens, 1967-1970;
associate professor clinical medicine, New York University School Medicine, 1969-1970;
professor, New York University School Medicine, since 1970. Acting director chest service Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1983-1989, attending. With Tisch-University Hospital, New York., Gouveneur Hospital, New York City.
Consultant Veterans Administration Hospital., New York City. Medical coordinator Bureau Tuberculosis, Department of Health, New York City.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors American Lung Association, 1961-1979, vice president, 1972-1973. Board directors New York Lung Association, 1974-1995, vice president, since 1983, president 1987-1990. Board directors American Bureau Medical Advancement in China, 1978-2005, vice president, 1983-1987, president 1987-1992, chairman H. Wm.
Harris visiting professor committee, 1986-1996. Served to captain, Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1953-1955. Fellow American College of Physicians.
Member American Thoracic Society (president 1962-1963).
Connections
Married Margaret Ann Roberts, November 29, 1950. Children: Henry William, John R., James P.
