Citizenship USA Fields Law Died August 18, 1988 | Name Rufus Harris Nationality United States | |
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Known for Tulane University president;Tulane University Law School dean; Rufus Carrollton Harris, CLA 1917, dean of Mercer Law School, 1925-1927, and Tulane Law School, 1927-1937; president, Tulane University, 1939-1960; president, Mercer University, 1960-1979; co-authored the G.I. Bill Education Mercer University, Yale University | ||
Rufus Carrollton Harris (January 2, 1896 – August 18, 1988) was the president of Tulane University from 1937–1959 and the 12th dean of the Tulane University Law School, from 1927–1937.
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Education
He completed his undergraduate studies at Mercer University and earned two law degrees at Yale University, where he completed his Juris Doctor degree in 1924.
He left Tulane to become the President of Mercer University. He co-authored the GI Bill.
Role as Tulane University Law School dean
While at the Tulane Law School he established the Tulane Law Review.
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