Harris, Abram Lincoln, 1899-1963

found: African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014:(Harris, Abram Lincoln, Jr.; economist, educator; born 17 Jan. 1899 in Richmond, Virginia, United States; BS, Virginia Union University (1922); MA, University of Pittsburgh (1928); taught economics at West Virginia Collegiate Institute (later West Virginia State College); researcher for Columbia University; assistant professor at Howard University; PhD in Political Economy from Columbia University (1930); full professor at Columbia University (1936); served on the Consumers Advocacy Board of the National Recovery Administration; accepted a position at the University of Chicago (1946); died 16 Nov. 1963 in Chicago, Illinois, United States)