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.
Herbert Harris
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Harris attended St. Francis Xavier Elementary School, Kansas City from 1930 to 1939.
He graduated from Rockhurst High School, Kansas City, 1943.
He attended Missouri Valley College, Marshall, from 1944 to 1945, and University of Notre Dame from 1945 to 1946.
He earned a B.A. from Rockhurst College in 1948 and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C., 1951.
He was admitted to the Missouri and District of Columbia bars in 1951 and commenced practice in Kansas City.
He moved to the Washington, D.C., area in 1951.
He is the cofounder, vice president, and general counsel of the international trade consultants firm of Warner & Harris, Inc.
He served on the Fairfax County, Virginia, Board of Supervisors from 1968 to 1974.
He served as member of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority from 1968 to 1974.
He served as vice-chairman of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority from 1970 to 1974.