Background
Harrison, Earl Grant was born on April 27, 1899 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Layland and Anna (MacMullen) Harrison.
Harrison, Earl Grant was born on April 27, 1899 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Layland and Anna (MacMullen) Harrison.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1920, Bachelor of Laws, 1923. Doctor of Laws, Lafayette College, 1947. Doctor of Humane Letters, Yeshiva University, 1947.
Admitted to Pennsylvania bar, 1923. Associate in Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul, Philadelphia, 1923-1932. Partner Saul, Ewing, Remick & Harrison, 1932-1945.
Instructor University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1932-1933, 1936-1937, professor and dean, 1945-1948, former vice president the university Partner firm of Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, since 1948.
Director Home Insurance Company, Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, Industrial Trust Company, Samuel South. Fels Fund. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Director alien registration United States Department of Justice, 1940-1941. Special assistant to United State Attorneys general, 1941-1942.
United States commissioner of immigration and naturalization, 1942-1944.
United States representative on Intergovt. Committee on Refugees, 1945-1946.
Served as Second lieutenant, infantry, United States Army, July-December 1918. President Public Charities Association of Pennsylvania 1936-1943. Member American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association (regional director 1940-1941, 1942-1943), Philadelphia Bar Association (Board of Governors 1934-1936), Lawyers’.
Clubs: Midday, University, Franklin Inn (Philadelphia).
Married Carol R. Sensenig, April. Children: Carol Hope (deceased), Paul, Joseph Barton, Earl Grant Junior.