Avis de décès de Elaine-A. Harris - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

HARRIS--Elaine A. passed away on June 20, 2008 in Hanover, NH. Born in 1918, she was raised in Spokane, WA and graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Far Eastern Studies. In 1941 she wed George L. Harris and entered an extraordinarily happy marriage lasting 67 years. During George's active World War II military service, Elaine worked in the Far Eastern Division of the Office of War Information in Washington D.C. After the war the couple lived in Nanjing, China, where Elaine worked to develop the original Fulbright International Exchange Program. They returned to Washington in 1949. Throughout her professional life, Elaine had administrative responsibilities for the Fulbright program and later held an acting directorship of the International Exchange of Scholars, until her retirement in 1981. Thereafter the couple moved to Craftsbury, VT, where they were involved with the Craftsbury Chamber Players and St. Johns Episcopal Church. In 2003 they moved to Kendal at Hanover. Elaine is survived by George and two goddaughters.