Ralph Warner Harbison II *73

Ralph died of a heart attack on Feb. 16, 2002, while cross-country skiing. He was 59.

Ralph graduated from Harvard and the Woodrow Wilson School. Following graduation from Harvard, he was a Peace Corps volunteer and later a program adviser for the Ford Foundation. In 20 years with the World Bank, he encouraged and oversaw the development of programs in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. In 1997, he became education sector manager for South Asia, the Bank's largest education lending program worldwide. After he retired in 2000, he joined SUNY-Albany as dean of the school of education.

An avid conservationist, hiker, sailor, opera buff, and world traveler, Ralph is survived by his wife, Irene, their children, Jennifer and Frederick, his brother William and his family, and his mother, Josephine Harbison. His work was much influenced by his grandfather, Frederick H. Harbison *40.

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