Dewilda Naramore Harris

Dewilda Naramore Harris
A young white woman with dark hair
Dewilda Naramore, from a 1937 newspaper
Born
Dewilda Ellen Naramore

May 20, 1918
Washington, D.C.
DiedJuly 7, 1995
Alpena, Michigan
Occupation(s)Historian, economist, foreign service officer, businesswoman, philanthropist
SpouseWilliam Page Harris

Dewilda Naramore Harris (May 20, 1918 – July 7, 1995) was an American historian, economist, foreign service officer, and philanthropist.

Early life and education

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Chester Naramore Papers, SC 544, Stanford University Archives
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Bryn Mawr College. Senior Class (1938). Class of 1938. Special Collections Bryn Mawr College Library – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ "Bryn Mawr May Day Fete". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1937-05-01. p. 17. Retrieved 2021-12-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Dewilda Naramore is European Fellow, 89.290". The College News. June 1, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  7. ^ "Ada Comstock in Last Appearance as College Head". The Daily Times. 1943-05-27. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-12-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Experts of OPA Lead Rationing Conferences". The Atlanta Constitution. 1943-10-14. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-12-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Ogle, Carl (1944-01-31). "OPA Begins Campaign on Service Charges". The Miami News. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-12-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ a b c d "Obituary for Dewilda Harris (Aged 77)". Detroit Free Press. 1995-07-11. p. 14. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ 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)
  13. ^ Foreign service list. Boston Public Library. Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off. 1951.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  14. ^ Foreign service list. United States, Department of State. April 1, 1952. p. 28.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ Harris, Dewilda N. "My Job in Germany, 1945–1954" in Michael Ermath, ed., America and the Reshaping of German Society (Berg 1993): 177-178.
  17. ^ United States Dept. of State (April 1955). Foreign service list. Boston Public Library. Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off. p. 72.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ "Three faculty appointed to new endowed chairs". Stanford Report. September 29, 1999. Archived from the original on 2015-04-09. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  20. ^ "Harris Distinguished Visiting Professorship Program". Dartmouth College. Archived from the original on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
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