Joseph Harris ’37

Internationally known seedsman Joe Harris died May 10, 2000. He left his wife, Margaret, sons Peter and Carroll, nine grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Son Chad '70 died Dec. 2, 1999.

At Loomis, Joe was on the cross-country team, a member of the photography club, and graduated "with distinction." At Princeton, he majored in economics, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa junior year, high honors senior year, and treas. of Court Club.

After graduation, Joe took up his father's seed company in Rochester and was pres. from 1948-81, while enjoying gardening, swimming, and sailing.

He was early a mainstay of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce and was outstanding in seed breeding and testing. His various trustee and directorships are too numerous to mention. He was honored with awards from the American Horticultural Society, the Atlantic Seedsmen's Assn., and the New York State Nurserymen.

The Class of 1937