Background
Harris, Robert Jennings was born on October 25, 1907 in Wilson County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert Jennings and Lucy (Talley) Harris.
Harris, Robert Jennings was born on October 25, 1907 in Wilson County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert Jennings and Lucy (Talley) Harris.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Vanderbilt University, 1930; A.M. (political science scholar), University of Illinois, 1931; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1934.
Assistant and fellow in politics, Princeton, 1931-1934;
instructor political science, U. Cincinnati, 1934-1936;
assistant professor government, Louisiana State University, 1936-1938;
associate professor, Louisiana State University, 1938-1943;
professor, Louisiana State University, 1943-1954;
department chairman, Louisiana State University, 1941-1954;
professor political science, Vanderbilt University, 1954-1963;
department chairman, Vanderbilt University, 1962-1963;
professor political science, dean faculty arts and science, University of Virginia, 1963-1968;
James Hart professor government, professor of history, University of Virginia, 1968-1978;
James Hart professor emeritus, University of Virginia, since 1978. Visiting professor Vanderbilt University, summer 1946, University of Minnesota, summer 1947, U. North Carolina, summer 1948, Columbia, 1957-1958. Edward Douglass White lecturer Louisiana State University, 1959.
Special staff Library of Congress, 1950.
Member American Association of University Professors (national council 1961-1964), American Political Science Association (vice president 1950), Southern Political Science Association (president 1947), Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Colonnade.
Married Martha Dashiel Baxter, June 10, 1937.