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Donald J. Harris. Donald Jasper Harris (born August 23, 1938) is a Jamaican-American economist and professor emeritus at Stanford University, known for applying post-Keynesian ideas to development economics. [1] He is the father of the 49th and current vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris, as well as of her sister, lawyer and ...
Sep 13, 2020 · How Kamala Harris’s Immigrant Parents Found a Home, and Each Other, in a Black Study Group. Donald Harris and Shyamala Gopalan grew up under British colonial rule on different sides of the...
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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) [21] [22] and Oscar Joseph Harris. [23]
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Jan 20, 2021 · Her parents Shyamala and Donald, who both immigrated to the United States, from India and Jamaica respectively. Kamala Harris' parents inspired her to get into politics. They were influential...
Jan 22, 2021 · The economist father. Donald Harris holding his daughter Kamala in April 1965. Source: Kamala Harris/AFP. Donald J. Harris came to the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley) to study economics on a scholarship from the British colonial government.
Jan 19, 2021 · Kamala's mother, Shyamala Gopalan, passed away in 2009 of colon cancer. She and Donald separated when Kamala was five and divorced when she was seven. Donald immigrated to the U.S. to go to...
Jan 13, 2021 · By Robert Samuels. January 17, 2021 at 11:28 a.m. EST. Kamala Harris and her sister, Maya, far right, spend time with their cousins in Jamaica. (Undated photo courtesy of Kamala Harris) On a summer...