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Sep 13, 2020 · Kamala Harris with her mother Shyamala, center, her sister Maya, bottom left, and her maternal grandparents, P.V. and Rajam Gopalan, in 1972. Credit... via Joe Biden campaign
- Ellen Barry
In 1963 they were married without following the convention of introducing Harris to Shyamala's parents beforehand or having the ceremony in her hometown. In the later 1960s, Donald and Shyamala took their daughters, Kamala, then four or five years old, and Maya, two years younger, to newly independent Zambia , where Shyamala's father, Gopalan ...
- Gopalan Shyamala, G. Shyamala, Shyamala Gopalan Harris
- 11 February 2009 (aged 70), Oakland, California, U.S.
Nov 11, 2020 · Kamala Harris has spoken about her mom, Shyamala Gopalan, a Tamil Indian-American who became a leading cancer researcher and activist and passed away in 2009.
Jan 20, 2021 · As a lawyer and U.S. Senator, Harris’s identity in both her personal life and politics has been largely shaped by her background: her late mother, Shyamala Gopalan, who died in 2009, was an...
- Lucia Tonelli
- 3 min
- Lucia.Tonelli@hearst.com
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 20, 2021 · In her work as a prosecutor, Senator, and on the campaign trail, Harris often discussed how paramount this familial background is in shaping her beliefs—and specifically, Harris has credited...
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 ...