Rufus Carrollton Harris (c. 1898 – August 18, 1988) was the president of Tulane University from 1937 to 1959 and the 12th dean of the Tulane University Law School, from 1927 to 1937.

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.

Rufus Carrollton Harris

He left Tulane to become the President of Mercer University. He co-authored the GI Bill.

Rufus Carrollton Harris

Role as Tulane University Law School dean

While at the Tulane Law School he established the Tulane Law Review.

Rufus Carrollton Harris

References

1890s births

1988 deaths

Mercer University alumni

Yale University alumni

Tulane University faculty

Tulane University Law School faculty

Deans of Tulane University Law School

Presidents of Tulane University

People from Macon, Georgia

Deans of law schools in the United States

Gordon State College alumni

20th-century American academics