Background
Harris, Joseph was born on December 2, 1919 in Baltimore. Son of Philip and Bess (Green) Harris.
Harris, Joseph was born on December 2, 1919 in Baltimore. Son of Philip and Bess (Green) Harris.
Bachelor of Science, University Maryland, 1947. Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1952.
Responsible investigator, Baxter laboratories, Inc., Morton Grove, Illinois, 1952-1954;
instructor, U. Colorado, Denver, 1954-1955;
assistant professor biochemistry, Albany (New York) Medical College, 1955-1962;
head neurochemistry laboratory, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, 1962-1975;
research professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1965-1975;
professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1975-1989;
professor, associate department chairman chemistry, 1975-1986;
professor emeritus, Arizona State University, Tempe, since 1990. Visiting research professor Royal N. Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, 1969. Exchangescientist United States National Academy Sciences, Hungary, 1971.
Visiting professor University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 1981.
Board directors American Heart Association, Arizona, 1971-1990. Project advisor Arizona Commission Post Secondary Education, Phoenix, 1985-1987. Advisory board Center Arizona Consortium International Education, 1987-1989.
Captain United States Army, 1944-1946. European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences.
Member American Chemical Society, American Society for Neurochemistry, Bio-chemical Society, Biophysics Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Irene Dorothy Brown, March 5, 1944. Children: Donald Jeffrey, Mark Lindsay.