ASU remembers

   

Kathryn M. Harris

Professor Emeritus, English - 1965 to 2004

   

  

Kathryn M. Harris

  

May 5, 2015

Kathryn M. Harris, Professor Emeritus of English, passed away May 5, 2015 at the age of 73. She received her BA and MA in English from ASU and joined the Department of English faculty in 1965. In 1980 she developed and supervised Writing for the Professions, an upper-division program in expository writing. She worked extensively as a consultant in writing for engineering firms, private research agencies, hospital corporations, the Superior Court of Arizona, and local justice courts. She was named Assistant Chair for the Department of English in 1990. She retired from ASU in 2004. In 2005 she received her PhD in Victorian literature from UofA. Kathryn is survived by two children and one grandson. As per her wishes, no services will be held. (Sources: James Odenkirk, Emeritus Professor; also English at ASU, a Newsletter for Alumni and Friends, Fall 1990, and AZ Republic)