Jim Ross Harris

Background

Harris, Jim Ross was born on March 27, 1929 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Business Education, Center State University, Edmond, Oklahoma, 1957; postgraduate in secondary education, Center State University, Edmund, Oklahoma, 1959-1961.

Career

Resident engineer, Oklahoma State Highway Department, Oklahoma City, 1950-1961; agent, State Farm Insurance Companies, Oklahoma City, since 1961; partner, Harris-Corder Construction Company, Oklahoma City, 1970-1979; partner, Edmond Homes Construction Company, 1972-1977; vice president, Dixie Oil Corporation, Oklahoma City, 1974-1976; vice president, Oklahoma Oil & Gas Royalties, Oklahoma City, 1979-1985.

Achievements

• Jim Ross Harris has been listed as a noteworthy Insurance agent by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Charter member Republican Presidential Task Force, since 1982. Served with United States Navy, 1950-1954, Korea. Member Society Petroleum Engineers of American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, National Rifle Association.

Interests

• Avocations: hunting, fishing.

Connections

Son of John T. and Charlotte H. (Jones) H. Divorced; children: Jamie L. Scruggs, Jana Jale.

Father:

John T. Harris

Mother:

Charlotte H. (Jones) Harris

child:

Jana Jale Harris

child:

Jamie L. Scruggs Harris