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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.
Sep 13, 2020 · Senator Kamala Harris often tells the story of her parents’ romance. They were idealistic foreign graduate students who were swept up in the U.S. civil rights movement — a variation of the...
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May 2, 2024 · Here’s everything to know about Kamala Harris’ parents, Donald J. Harris and Dr. Shyamala Gopalan Harris. They met while studying at the University of California, Berkeley Kamala Harris...
Jan 20, 2021 · There is no doubt that Harris's parents, Dr. Shyamala Gopalan and Donald Harris, helped her become the person she is today—and the inspiration she'll be to many in office.
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Nov 7, 2020 · VP Kamala Harris's mom Shyamala Gopalan was a prominent cancer researcher and her dad Donald Harris a Stanford professor. Here's what to know about her parents.
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Jan 20, 2021 · Throughout the 2020 election season, California senator (and now Vice President-elect) Kamala Harris often invoked her biracial background and immigrant parents as part of her bid for the White...
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]