Harris Corporation
The "Harris Automatic Press Company" was founded by Alfred S. Harris in Niles, Ohio, in 1895. The company spent the next 60 years developing lithographic processes and printing presses before acquiring typesetting company Intertype Corporation. In 1957, Harris acquired Gates Radio, a producer of broadcast transmitters and associated electronics gear, but kept the Gates brand name alive by putting the Gates sticker on the back of numerous transmitters that were labeled Harris on the front panels.
Harris School of Business
The Harris School of Business began as a small employment service founded by Ethel S. Harris. When Harris’ husband Dr. Arnold Harris died in 1957, she was left to raise three children on her own. As a way to support herself, she opened the employment service in 1959. The employment service was started as an agency for the unemployed to get connected with job opportunities.