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Donald Harris was born 23 August 1938 in Brown's Town, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica to Oscar Joseph Brown Harris (1914-1976) and Beryl Magdeline Finegan (1917-1995) . He married Shyamala Gopalan (1938-2009) 1963 .


Siblings


Offspring of Oscar Joseph Brown Harris (1914-1976) and Beryl Magdeline Finegan (1917-1995)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Donald Jasper Harris (1938-) 23 August 1938 Brown's Town, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica Shyamala Gopalan (1938-2009)
Enid Harris (-)


Children


Offspring of Donald Harris and Shyamala Gopalan (1938-2009)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Kamala Devi Harris (1964-) 20 October 1964 Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States Douglas Craig Emhoff (1964-)
Maya Harris (1967-)


Donald Jasper Harris (born August 23, 1938) is a Jamaican-American economist and professor emeritus at Stanford University, known for applying post-Keynesian ideas to development economics.[1] He is the father of Kamala Harris, the 49th vice president of the United States; and Maya Harris, a lawyer and political commentator.

Throughout his career, Harris has worked on economic analysis and policy regarding the economy of Jamaica, his native country.[2] He served there, at various times, as economic policy consultant to the Government of Jamaica and as economic adviser to successive Prime Ministers.[3][4]

Personal life

Harris studied at the University College of the West Indies, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of London in 1960, and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 1966. Harris also earned a colonial Jamaican government scholarship in the fall of 1961.[5] Later in the fall of 1962, he spoke at a meeting of the Afro American Association—a students' group at Berkeley.[5] After his talk, he met Shyamala Gopalan (1938–2009), a graduate student in nutrition and endocrinology from India at Cal Berkeley who was in the audience.[5] According to Harris, "We talked then, continued to talk at a subsequent meeting, and at another, and another."[5] In July 1963, he married Gopalan.[5]

Harris and Gopalan had two children: Kamala Harris, former U.S. Senator from California and current vice president of the United States; and Maya Harris, a lawyer and political commentator.[6][5] The couple divorced in December 1971, when Kamala was seven years old and Maya was four years old.[7] The children visited Harris's family in Jamaica as they grew up.[8][9]

At some time prior to May 2015, Harris became a naturalized U.S. citizen.[10][11][12]

Residences

Footnotes (including sources)

‡ General
Ω Birth
  • Harris's parents were of Caribbean Creole ethnicity. His paternal grandmother, Christiana Brown, was a descendant of Scots-Irish plantation and slave owner Hamilton Brown.
₪ Wedding
  • Divorced in 1971.



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References

  1. ^ "Donald J. Harris, 1938–". The History of Economic Thought. Institute for New Economic Thinking. https://www.hetwebsite.net/het/profiles/djharris.htm. 
  2. ^ "Donald J. Harris", Stanford University | Department of Economics.
  3. ^ Patterson, Percival J. (2018). My Political Journey. University of the West Indies Press: p. 220. ISBN 9789766407018
  4. ^ "Planning Institute of Jamaica hires growth expert". The Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica. November 24, 2010.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Barry, Ellen (September 13, 2020). "How Kamala Harris's Immigrant Parents Found a Home, and Each Other, in a Black Study Group". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/us/kamala-harris-parents.html. 
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  7. ^ Igoe, Katherine J. (August 11, 2020). "Donald Harris, Kamala Harris's Dad, Is a Renowned Stanford Professor". https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a28259825/who-is-donald-harris-kamala-harris-father/. 
  8. ^ Dolan, Casey (February 10, 2019). "How Kamala Harris' immigrant parents shaped her life – and her political outlook". The Mercury News. https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02/10/kamala-harris-president-parents-shyamala-gopalan-donald-harris-berkeley/. "Kamala also visited far-flung family in India and Jamaica as she grew up, getting her first taste of the broader world." 
  9. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Reflections
  10. ^ McBride, Jessica (February 21, 2019). "Donald Harris, Kamala Harris's Father: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. https://heavy.com/news/2019/02/donald-harris-kamala-father-dad-jamaican/. "Donald Harris is also known as Donald J. Harris. He was born in Jamaica and is a naturalized U.S. citizen, according to his Stanford University biography." 
  11. ^ Chon, Monica (August 12, 2020). "Sen. Kamala Harris's Parents Met During the Civil Rights Movement". Oprah Magazine. https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a33584703/kamala-harris-parents/. "According to Harris's 2018 autobiography, Donald was born in Jamaica in 1938 and immigrated to the United States to get his doctorate degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He eventually became a naturalized United States citizen." 
  12. ^ "Donald J. Harris Professional career". Stanford University. https://web.stanford.edu/~dharris/professional_career.htm. "Citizenship .. Jamaica (by birth); USA (by naturalization)." 
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