Charles Beck Harman Nicholson ’42

Harman received his secondary education in Toronto and London. He transferred to Princeton from the King’s College School, London University, in fall 1939. At Princeton he majored in English and was a member of Court Club.

After graduation from Princeton he was drafted into the Army and received training in the Quartermaster Corps. In 1943 his unit proceeded overseas. Harman then filled administrative positions in a series of general depots in the U.K. and Germany. In 1946, after 45 months of service, he was discharged as a second lieutenant.

Harman’s entire business career was with the Coca-Cola Co. He was instrumental in growing its business in Italy, and was chairman of two subsidiaries of the Coca-Cola Export Corp. in that country.

His Scottish ancestry was a source of pride. He took great interest in Scottish history and culture. As Baron Balvenie he was the holder of the ancient castle of Balvenie in Banffshire.

Harman never married. In later years he endowed the Nicholson Family Scholarship at Princeton in honor of his late brother, John H. Nicholson ’45; his great-niece, Mary Juliet Nicholson ’06; and himself.