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Abram W. Harris: American academic administrator (1858–1935).
Born in Philadelphia (died at age 76).
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Abram Winegardner Harris was an American academic, university president, and honor society founder. He the 8th president of Northwestern University, serving from 1906 to 1916. He was also the first president of the University of Maine from 1896 to 1906. Harris was one of the founders and first president of the Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi and a founder of Alpha Delta Tau.
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Abram W. Harris was born in Philadelphia.
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