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Donald J. Harris is the father of Kamala Harris. He is a Jamaican-American economist and professor emeritus at Stanford University, originally from Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica. Of Indian-Jamaican heritage, Harris was born on August 23, 1938, to Beryl Christie Harris (née Finegan) and Oscar Joseph Harris.
May 2, 2024 · Kamala Harris ’ parents, Donald J. Harris and Dr. Shyamala Gopalan, came to the United States to pursue their dreams — but never envisioned a future where their daughter would one day...
Sep 13, 2020 · At an off-campus space at the University of California at Berkeley in the fall of 1962, a tall, thin Jamaican Ph.D. student addressed a small crowd, drawing parallels between his native...
- Ellen Barry
Jan 20, 2021 · Vice President Kamala Harris is "thinking about [her] mother" on Inauguration Day today when she makes history as the first female, Black, and South Asian Vice President, she said in a recent...
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Jan 20, 2021 · Get to know new vice president Kamala Harris' parents Shyamala Gopalan and Donald J. Harris, where they immigrated from, how her mom died, and what Kamala's relationship is like with her...
Kamala Devi Harris was born in Oakland, California, [11] on October 20, 1964. [12] Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was a Tamil Indian biologist, whose work on the progesterone receptor gene stimulated advances in breast cancer research. [13]
Nov 7, 2020 · Vice President Kamala Harris was born on October 20, 1964 in Oakland, California to two immigrant parents: mom Shyamala Gopalan, and dad Donald Harris. A prominent cancer researcher before passing away in 2009, Gopalan was born in India and came to the United States to get her PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.
