Patricia Harris papers, 1950-1983

Biographical Note

Date	Event
1924, May 31	Born, Mattoon, Ill.
1945	B.A., Howard University, Washington, D.C.
1946-1949	Program director, Young Women's Christian Association
1949-1953	Assistant director, American Council on Human Rights
1953-1959	Executive director, Delta Sigma Theta
1955	Married William Beasley Harris
1959-1960	Research associate, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
1960	J.D., George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
1960-1961	Trial attorney, Criminal Division, Justice Department
1961-1963	Associate dean of students and lecturer in law, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
1963	Cochair, National Women's Committee for Civil Rights
1963-1965	Law professor, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
1964-1966	Member, United States-Puerto Rico Commission on the Status of Puerto Rico
1965-1967	United States ambassador, Luxembourg
1967-1969	Law professor, Howard University, Washington, D.C.; dean of School of Law in 1969
1967-1977	Member, board of directors, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
1968-1969	Member, National Committee on the Causes and Prevention of Violence
1970-1977	Partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Kampelman, Washington, D.C.
1977-1979	Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development
1979-1981	Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (formerly Department of Health, Education, and Welfare until May 1980)
1982	Candidate, mayor of Washington, D.C.
1985, Mar. 23	Died, Washington, D.C.