Ruth Roy Ruhr Harris

Background

Harris, Ruth Roy Ruhr was born on July 14, 1927 in San Jose, California, United States. Daughter of David Golden and Rosa Ruhr (Lebrecht) Roy.

Education

AB with honors, University of California, Berkeley, 1949; Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, George Washington University, 1975.

Career

Women's editor, Redding (California) Record Searchlight, 1949-1950; staff assistant, United States House of Representatives, Washington, 1950-1951; library, United States Food and Drug Administration, Washington, 1951-1952; intelligence officer, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, 1953-1963; archivist, George Washington University, Washington, 1974-1975; contract historian, unites states department State, Washington, 1978-1979; historian, C & W Associations, Germantown, Maryland., 1980-1981; senior historian, History Associations Inc., Rockville, Maryland., since 1981; director research, History Associations, Inc., Rockville, Maryland., since 1992. Reviewer National Endowment for Humanities, Washington, 1980, Pacific History Review, Los Angeles, since 1981, ISIS, Philadelphia, 1985, The Public Historian, since 1994.

Achievements

• Ruth Ruhr Harris has been listed as a noteworthy Historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Dental Science in a New Age: A History of the National Institute of Dental Research (Iowa State University Press Series in the History of Technology & Science)

    (History Associates, Inc. The Iowa State University Press ...)

  • DENTAL SCIENCE IN A NEW AGE A History of the Natoinal Institute of Dental Research

Membership

Troop leader Girl Scouts United States, Redding, California, 1949-1950, Washington, 1952-1954. Volunteer editor Mount Alto Veterans Administration Hospital Newsletter, Washington, 1957-1959. Past officer Montgomery County Parent-Teachers Association, Maryland, 1967-1981, life member.

Trustee Montgomery County Library. Board, 1977-1985. Member American Association of University Women (state historian 1985-1988, co-president Silver Spring branch 2001-2002), Washington Society for History of Medicine, Society for History in the Federal Government (nominating committee 1982-1985, chair archives committee 1984-1985, executive council 2001-2003), Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: music, gardening, swimming.

Connections

Married Isadore Harris, October 9, 1960. Children: Jonathan Golden, Geoffrey Roy.

Father:

David Golden Roy

Mother:

Rosa Ruhr (Lebrecht) Roy

Spouse:

Isadore Harris

child:

Geoffrey Roy Harris

child:

Jonathan Golden Harris