Dewilda Naramore Harris (May 20, 1918 – July 7, 1995) was an American historian, economist, foreign service officer, and philanthropist.
Dewilda Naramore Harris | |
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 Dewilda Naramore, from a 1937 newspaper | |
| Born | Dewilda Ellen Naramore May 20, 1918 Washington, D.C. |
| Died | July 7, 1995 Alpena, Michigan |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, economist, foreign service officer, businesswoman, philanthropist |
| Spouse | William Page Harris |
Early life and education edit
Dewilda Ellen Naramore was born in Washington, D.C.,[1] the daughter of Chester A. Naramore and Grace E. Chilson Naramore. Her father was a petroleum geologist.[2] She spent one year at the American School of Berlin, and graduated from Bronxville High School. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1938,[3][4][5] and won the school's prestigious European Fellowship, and several other scholarships and awards.[6] She earned a PhD in history at Radcliffe College and Harvard University in 1942.[1] Her doctoral dissertation, "The Arrière-ban in Medieval France", won the Caroline Wilby Prize in 1942.[3][7]
Career edit
During World War II, Naramore worked as an economist at the Office of Price Administration.[8][9] After the war, Naramore, who spoke German well, returned to Germany as a foreign service officer.[10] She worked in various roles in Stuttgart and Bonn with the OMGUS and the Allied High Commission.[11][12][13] She was a deputy commercial attache in 1953 and 1954.[14][15] She wrote about her postwar foreign service work in an essay, "My Job in Germany, 1945–1954" (1993).[16]
Harris was on assignment to the Department of Commerce in 1955 and 1956.[17][18] After marriage in 1956, she was a businesswoman, helping her husband to run concrete and lumber businesses in the Detroit area, until they retired in 1982.[10] The Harrises endowed professorships at Stanford University,[19] Dartmouth College,[20] and Bryn Mawr College.[10]
Personal life edit
Naramore married businessman William Page Harris in 1956, as his second wife. She died in 1995, aged 77 years, at a hospital in Alpena, Michigan.[10]
References edit
- ^ a b United States. Department of State (1950). The Biographic register of the Department of State. [Washington, D.C.] : General Editing Branch, Division of Publications : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. p. 341.
- ^ Chester Naramore Papers, SC 544, Stanford University Archives
- ^ a b "Sayre Makes Plea for Christian Way; He Tells Bryn Mawr Graduates It Offers 'Only Direction' for 'Permanent. Solutions'; Bronxville Girl Honored; European Fellowship Awarded to Miss Dewilda Naramore--$97,000 Gifts Reported". The New York Times. 1938-06-02. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ^ Bryn Mawr College. Senior Class (1938). Class of 1938. Special Collections Bryn Mawr College Library – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Bryn Mawr May Day Fete". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1937-05-01. p. 17. Retrieved 2021-12-28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dewilda Naramore is European Fellow, 89.290". The College News. June 1, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- ^ "Ada Comstock in Last Appearance as College Head". The Daily Times. 1943-05-27. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-12-28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Experts of OPA Lead Rationing Conferences". The Atlanta Constitution. 1943-10-14. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-12-28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ogle, Carl (1944-01-31). "OPA Begins Campaign on Service Charges". The Miami News. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-12-28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d "Obituary for Dewilda Harris (Aged 77)". Detroit Free Press. 1995-07-11. p. 14. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- ^ "Military government weekly information bulletin (Number 117): Directory of key MG personnel". University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. November 3, 1947. Archived from the original on 2021-12-28. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ^ Division, United States Office of Management and Budget Statistical Policy (April 23, 1951). Statistical Reporter. Executive Office of the President. p. 84.
{{cite book}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ Foreign service list. Boston Public Library. Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off. 1951.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Foreign service list. United States, Department of State. April 1, 1952. p. 28.
- ^ United States. Department of State (October 1, 1954). Foreign service list. George A. Smathers Libraries University of Florida. Washington : U.S. G.P.O. p. 20.
- ^ Harris, Dewilda N. "My Job in Germany, 1945–1954" in Michael Ermath, ed., America and the Reshaping of German Society (Berg 1993): 177-178.
- ^ United States Dept. of State (April 1955). Foreign service list. Boston Public Library. Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off. p. 72.
- ^ United States Civil Service Commission (1907). Official register of the United States ... (1956). The Library of Congress. Washington, U.S. Govt. print. off. p. 508.
- ^ "Three faculty appointed to new endowed chairs". Stanford Report. September 29, 1999. Archived from the original on 2015-04-09. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ^ "Harris Distinguished Visiting Professorship Program". Dartmouth College. Archived from the original on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2021-12-27.