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 Joe Frank Harris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joe Frank Harris (born February 16, 1936) is an American politician who served as the Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1983 to 1991.
Harris was born in Atco, Georgia and he graduated from the University of Georgia in 1958.
Harris was persuaded to run for the Georgia House of Representatives in 1964 and has served nine terms.
http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Frank_Harris   (179 words)

  
 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Joe Frank Harris (b. 1936)
Joe Frank Harris, Democrat, served as governor of Georgia from 1983 to 1991.
Born on February 16, 1936, Joe Frank Harris is the second son of Frances and Franklin Harris.
Harris was a low-key campaigner and governor who served the state during an improving economy in the 1980s.
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1025   (710 words)

  
 Georgia State University Library - Special Collections
Joe Frank Harris served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1965-1982 as a representative from Bartow County, and served as governor from 1983-91.
http://www.library.gsu.edu/spcoll/Collections/GGDP/harris.htm   (34 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Zell Miller
Joe Frank Harris (born February 16, 1936) is an American politician who served as the Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1983 to 1991.
Miller was the Mayor of Young Harris from 1959 to 1960, and was elected to two terms as a Georgia state senator.
Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is the senior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, for which he serves as Senate Minority Leader.
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Zell-Miller   (9731 words)

  
 Lambda Chi Alpha - Conferences and Meetings
The Honorable Joe Frank Harris served as governor of Georgia for two terms from 1983 to 1991.
Brother Harris is married to the former Elizabeth Carlock, and they have one son, Joe Frank Harris, Jr., who is also a Lambda Chi from Nu Zeta at The University of Georgia.
Brother Harris is the first former governor to be appointed to serve on the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
http://www.lambdachi.org/conferences/harris.asp   (325 words)

  
 USG: Joe Frank Harris Elected Board of Regents Vice Chair
ATLANTA -- (June 13) – Regent Joe Frank Harris today was elected to a one-year term as vice chair of the Board of Regents, the 16-member governing body for the University System of Georgia.
The royalties from his autobiography, Joe Frank Harris: Personal Reflections on a Public Life, are being donated to the Georgia State University Foundation to support the Governor Joe Frank Harris Scholarship Fund.
Harris served as Governor of Georgia for two terms from 1983-91.
http://www.usg.edu/news/2001/061301-2.phtml   (431 words)

  
 Governor Joe Frank Harris in Bartow County History
Harris made his first run for public office in 1964, winning election for the first of nine consecutive two-year terms in the Georgia House of Representatives.
Twice elected governor of Georgia, in 1982 and again in 1986, Harris presided over the state during a decade of tremendous growth.
In his memoirs Harris said the accomplishment of which he was most proud was passage of the Quality Based Education Act in 1985.
http://www.evhsonline.org/people/governor.html   (109 words)

  
 Welcome to the Supreme Court of Georgia/Justices' Bios www.gasupreme.us
In December 1989, Justice Benham was appointed to the Supreme Court of Georgia by Governor Joe Frank Harris.
On April 3, 1984, Justice Benham was appointed to the Court of Appeals by Governor Joe Frank Harris.
Justice P. Harris Hines was appointed to the court on July 26, 1995, by Governor Zell Miller to succeed the Honorable Willis B. Hunt, Jr., former Chief Justice.
http://www2.state.ga.us/Courts/Supreme/justices_bios.html   (2909 words)

  
 Frank Edwards, 85, drafted legislative bills ajc.com
Frank Edwards was the chief drafter of bills for both houses of the Georgia Legislature for almost 40 years.
"Frank was a great boss, a very bright lawyer and well-liked by everyone at the state Capitol," said Georgia Legislative Counsel Sewell Brumby, Mr.
For 39 years and one month, Frank Edwards was the chief bill-drafter for the Georgia General Assembly.
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/obits/0205/06edwards.html   (666 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Harris, J.
Harris, James — of Wedowee, Randolph County, Ala.
Harris, J. — of Amherst, Buffalo County, Neb. Republican.
Harris, Jack — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Republican.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harris5.html   (591 words)

  
 Petter-Polasek Genealogy - pafg61 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Frank HAUSER [Parents] was born 12/18/1861 in Germany.
Frank married Mary SABLATURA in 1879 in,, Bohemia, CR.
Frank Joe FILLIP [Parents] was born about 1881 in,, Tx, US.
http://www.texasczechs.homestead.com/files/petter/pafg61.htm   (828 words)

  
 Columns:: Former Gov. Harris will speak at spring commencement ceremony
Harris, a UGA graduate who now serves as chair of the University System Board of Regents, will speak at the ceremony for graduating seniors at 9:30 a.m.
Before serving as governor, Harris served 18 years in the Georgia House of Representatives.
Harris, who received a business degree from UGA in 1958, served as Georgia’s 78th governor from 1983 to 1991.
http://www.uga.edu/columns/030331/news5.html   (627 words)

  
 Ed Harris, 75, fought for state's education ajc.com
Ed Harris led the governor's education board in the '80s.
Accounting firm executive Ed Harris practically made it his full-time job to give Georgia a solid foundation for education.
Survivors include two sons, Jeff Harris of Weston, Mass., and Scott Harris of Atlanta; two daughters, Tracy McQueen of Wellesley, Mass., and Amy Weeks of Lookout Mountain; and eight grandchildren.
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/obits/0205/02obharris.html   (464 words)

  
 news_article.aspx?storyid=49346
Carl Sanders and Joe Frank Harris led the state's official delegation on the Capitol steps as the flag-draped coffin was slowly carried from curbside to the Capitol rotunda.
Roy Barnes and Joe Frank Harris remembered Busbee as not just an effective political leader but one who, outside official hours, had an array of interests that ranged from flying to photography, and as one who enjoyed a good laugh.
Much to Busbee's embarrassment he crash-landed a state helicopter on the Georgia coast once while he was governor.
http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=49346   (746 words)

  
 Coming Out of the PC Closet
Governor Joe Frank Harris State of Georgia Office of the Governor Atlanta, GA 30334
Recently, I received a letter from Governor Joe Frank Harris of Georgia inviting me to take part in a technology tour of the Atlanta area.
Unfortunately, Georgia, like a handful of other states, happens to be the home of an oppressive law whose spirit stifles the very progressiveness Governor Harris hopes to promote in his quest for high-tech immigrants to his state.
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 The Atlanta Journal : OBITUARIES Frank Harris, 87, inspired his children, including governor @ HighBeam Research
OBITUARIES Frank Harris, 87, inspired his children, including governor
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 Frank Zappa - encyclopedia article about Frank Zappa.
Frank suffered serious fractures, head trauma and injuries to his back, leg, and neck, as well as a crushed larynx (which caused his voice to drop a third after it healed).
The only known public statue of Frank Zappa, in Vilnius, Lithuania
Frank Zappa died on December 4, 1993 at 52, and was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California.
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Frank+Zappa   (7006 words)

  
 Augusta Georgia: metro@ugusta: Frank LoMonte: Who will advise Georgia's new governor? 09/13/98
A Savannah native, Kahn worked in the governor's office in the Joe Frank Harris administration and has managed both of Barnes' campaigns for governor.
Frank LoMonte: Who will advise Georgia's new governor?
Augusta Georgia: metro@ugusta: Frank LoMonte: Who will advise Georgia's new governor?
http://augustachronicle.com/stories/091398/opi_124-2368.shtml   (901 words)

  
 Georgia Tech Archives Finding Aids
Governor Joe Frank Harris (seated), President Joseph Pettit, and other unidentified males (Phyllis B. Kandul, Office of the Governor), n.d.
Senator Charles Duncan, President Carter, Dr. Frank Press, President Pettit, and S. Eizer?
President Carter, President Pettit (background), and unidentified individuals (The White House, Official Photograph of the President of the United States), 20 February 1979.
http://www.library.gatech.edu/archives/FindingAids/VAM162.htm   (769 words)

  
 gob1670grant.txt
Joe Frank Grant, 96, of Fort Deposit, Alabama, who died Wednesday, September 21, 1983, were held Friday, September 23 at 11:00 a.m.
Emmie Foster of Fort Deposit, Alabama; two sons, Frank Grant of Fort Deposit, Alabama and Calvin Grant of New Brockton, Alabama.
Bleckley County GaArchives Obituaries.....Grant, Joe Frank September 21 1983************************************************ Copyright.
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/bleckley/obits/gob1670grant.txt   (193 words)

  
 THE TERRORIST NEXT DOOR - by Daniel Levitas
(Frank was posthumously pardoned by Georgia governor Joe Frank Harris in 1986.)
Shortly after Georgia governor John M. Slaton commuted Frank's death sentence to life imprisonment, Frank was abducted from a prison farm and lynched, on Aug. 16, 1915.
Frank's trial was conducted in an atmosphere of anti-Semitic hysteria, and Jewish groups protested vigorously.
http://www.terroristnextdoor.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=40   (2199 words)

  
 DTAE - Origins and Growth
The growth continued, and soon another major landmark was reached in 1984 when Governor Joe Frank Harris created the State Board of Postsecondary Vocational Education, which ultimately led to the creation of the Department of Technical and Adult Education in 1988.
Under Governor Harris’ leadership, The Quality Basic Education Act (QBE) becomes law.
The State Board of Education and Board of Regents officially delegate vocational education responsibility to the Postsecondary Board.
http://www.dtae.org/public/02report/Digest/growth.html   (1026 words)

  
 Past Humanities Lecturers -- Governor's Awards -- Programs -- Georgia Humanities Council
2001 – Joe Frank Harris, Governor of Georgia, 1983-1991, "Reflections on a Public Life" Read lecture (PDF format, 32Kb)
http://www.georgiahumanities.org/programs/gov/lect.html   (469 words)

  
 Georgia State University Library - Special Collections
Roy Barnes, from Cobb County, served in the Georgia Senate from 1975-91, and was a candidate in the 1990 Democratic gubernatorial primary.
Among topics discussed: Family background; family business; Eugene Talmadge supporters; changes in Mableton; education; early political interests; Republican Party; switch to Democratic Party; Buddy Darden and Matthews case; first political campaign; term limits; 1974 political newcomers; Joe Mack Wilson; Zell Miller; rise of Republican Party in Georgia.
http://www.library.gsu.edu/spcoll/Collections/GGDP/barnes.htm   (79 words)

  
 After 14 years, even Harris agrees QBE must adjust to modern times - 1998-01-26
The Quality Basic Education Act was the cornerstone of former Gov. Joe Frank Harris' run for office.
"We never felt like QBE would be forever," said Harris, who now is a lecturer at Georgia State University's school of public administration.
With the election of a new governor and a new lieutenant governor, as well as the potential for a change of leadership in the state House and Senate and even in the superintendent's office, Harris said the issue will wait until at least 1999.
http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/1998/01/26/editorial3.html   (930 words)

  
 Awards and Honors
Recipient of four proclamations from Governor of Georgia (3 from Joe Frank Harris, 1 from Zell Miller)
Proclaimed "Ambassadors of Good Will" from the State of Georgia, Governor Joe Frank Harris, 1984 and 1987.
Selected as feature band for the Coca-Cola Centennial Celebration, Atlanta, Georgia.
http://www.lbba.org/history/accomplishments.html   (562 words)

  
 Big Joe Son Tattooing
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 MSN Encarta - Archive Article - 1985: Georgia
Passage of the bill, the Quality Basic Education Act, was a major triumph for Governor Joe Frank Harris (D), who conducted a flying tour of the state...
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http://encarta.msn.com/sidebar_1741585366/1985_Georgia.html   (166 words)

  
 Reviews for Joe Harris @ SmartyBrain : Books, DVD, Electronics, Cameras, Reviews
Joe Frank Harris: Personal Reflections on a Public Life
by Maurizio Cornalba, Mark Green, Joe Harris, Davis Morrison, Wilfried Schmid
Joe Brown's Army: The Georgia State Line, 1862-1865
http://www.smartybrain.com/shopuk/SearchKeyword/Joe%20Harris/books/keyword/1.html   (189 words)

  
 Georgia State University Library - Special Collections
This interview is also deposited in the Cobb County Oral History Collection, Kennesaw State College.
Joe Mack Wilson represented the city of Marietta in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1961-85.
http://www.library.gsu.edu/spcoll/Collections/GGDP/wilson.htm   (41 words)

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