Clement Lowell Harriss passed away peacefully on December 14, 2009 at his home of fifty-nine years. He resided at 14 Plateau Circle West in Bronxville, New York at the time of his death.
Born on August 2, 1912 in Fairbury, Nebraska. Graduated from Harvard University, Class of 1934, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Sheldon Fellowship. Studied at the University of Chicago and received Ph.D. from Columbia University, where as Professor of Economics he taught until 1981.
Numerous other teaching engagements included Stanford, Yale University, Princeton University, the Wharton School, Peterhouse at Cambridge University, the University of California at Berkeley, and two Fulbright Professorships at the Netherlands School of Economics in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and the University of Strasbourg, France. Widely published, he remained professionally active with numerous organizations to the end.
Married to Agnes Bennett Murphy for sixty-two years until her death in 1992. Survived by his children Patricia, Gordon, Martha and Brian, his sister Marion Engelhart, his grandchildren Christopher, Matthew, Brett, Peter, and Lindsey, and his daughters-in-law Elizabeth and Lucinda.
He was admired as a colleague and teacher, lover of travel, humor and New Yorker cartoons, which he regularly shared with his many friends of all generations and interests. Always a gentleman.
A memorial service will occur at Columbia University in the spring.
Published in the New York Times on December 20, 2009.
Born on August 2, 1912 in Fairbury, Nebraska. Graduated from Harvard University, Class of 1934, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Sheldon Fellowship. Studied at the University of Chicago and received Ph.D. from Columbia University, where as Professor of Economics he taught until 1981.
Numerous other teaching engagements included Stanford, Yale University, Princeton University, the Wharton School, Peterhouse at Cambridge University, the University of California at Berkeley, and two Fulbright Professorships at the Netherlands School of Economics in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and the University of Strasbourg, France. Widely published, he remained professionally active with numerous organizations to the end.
Married to Agnes Bennett Murphy for sixty-two years until her death in 1992. Survived by his children Patricia, Gordon, Martha and Brian, his sister Marion Engelhart, his grandchildren Christopher, Matthew, Brett, Peter, and Lindsey, and his daughters-in-law Elizabeth and Lucinda.
He was admired as a colleague and teacher, lover of travel, humor and New Yorker cartoons, which he regularly shared with his many friends of all generations and interests. Always a gentleman.
A memorial service will occur at Columbia University in the spring.
Published in the New York Times on December 20, 2009.
Clement Lowell Harriss passed away peacefully on December 14, 2009 at his home of fifty-nine years. He resided at 14 Plateau Circle West in Bronxville, New York at the time of his death.
Born on August 2, 1912 in Fairbury, Nebraska. Graduated from Harvard University, Class of 1934, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Sheldon Fellowship. Studied at the University of Chicago and received Ph.D. from Columbia University, where as Professor of Economics he taught until 1981.
Numerous other teaching engagements included Stanford, Yale University, Princeton University, the Wharton School, Peterhouse at Cambridge University, the University of California at Berkeley, and two Fulbright Professorships at the Netherlands School of Economics in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and the University of Strasbourg, France. Widely published, he remained professionally active with numerous organizations to the end.
Married to Agnes Bennett Murphy for sixty-two years until her death in 1992. Survived by his children Patricia, Gordon, Martha and Brian, his sister Marion Engelhart, his grandchildren Christopher, Matthew, Brett, Peter, and Lindsey, and his daughters-in-law Elizabeth and Lucinda.
He was admired as a colleague and teacher, lover of travel, humor and New Yorker cartoons, which he regularly shared with his many friends of all generations and interests. Always a gentleman.
A memorial service will occur at Columbia University in the spring.
Published in the New York Times on December 20, 2009.
Born on August 2, 1912 in Fairbury, Nebraska. Graduated from Harvard University, Class of 1934, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Sheldon Fellowship. Studied at the University of Chicago and received Ph.D. from Columbia University, where as Professor of Economics he taught until 1981.
Numerous other teaching engagements included Stanford, Yale University, Princeton University, the Wharton School, Peterhouse at Cambridge University, the University of California at Berkeley, and two Fulbright Professorships at the Netherlands School of Economics in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and the University of Strasbourg, France. Widely published, he remained professionally active with numerous organizations to the end.
Married to Agnes Bennett Murphy for sixty-two years until her death in 1992. Survived by his children Patricia, Gordon, Martha and Brian, his sister Marion Engelhart, his grandchildren Christopher, Matthew, Brett, Peter, and Lindsey, and his daughters-in-law Elizabeth and Lucinda.
He was admired as a colleague and teacher, lover of travel, humor and New Yorker cartoons, which he regularly shared with his many friends of all generations and interests. Always a gentleman.
A memorial service will occur at Columbia University in the spring.
Published in the New York Times on December 20, 2009.
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