Biography

03/11/1929 -

HARRIS, Garfield B., Sr., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, March 11, 1929 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; attended, United States Armed Forces Institute; received diploma, Department of Public Instruction, 1947; graduated, Pioneer Business College, 1950; real estate sales, Lenerte Roberts Real Estate Company; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1953 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House in the 1954 General election; general manager and executive director, Philadelphia Housing Authority (1984-1987); assistant superintendent, school district of Atlanta; executive director, Clayton County Housing Authority (1997).