{"id":1014,"date":"2010-04-23T10:52:07","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T14:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doddcenter.wordpress.com\/?p=1014"},"modified":"2010-04-23T10:52:07","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T14:52:07","slug":"remembering-whitney-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2010\/04\/23\/remembering-whitney-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Whitney Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Whitney Harris, UConn President Michael Hogan, October 1, 2007<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Dodd Research Center is involved with many causes, none of which is more powerful than the struggle for human rights.\u00a0 U.S. Senator Thomas J. Dodd, for whom we are named, devoted his life to public service, the rule of law, and the rights of the oppressed.\u00a0 It is while serving as a member of the Executive Trial Council in Nuremberg, Germany, Senator Dodd met Whitney Harris, a lawyer in the U.S. Navy.\u00a0 And because of that unique connection between two men, the Dodd Research Center had the occasion to bring Mr. Harris to the University of Connecticut.<\/p>\n

In Senator Christopher J. Dodd\u2019s book \u201cLetters from Nuremberg: My Father\u2019s Narrative of a Quest for Justice,\u201d letters from Dodd to his wife, Grace reference Mr. Harris.\u00a0 From these writings, we learn that the two spent much time together during trips and at official dinners.\u00a0 Mr. Harris even shuttled an anniversary gift back to the states for Grace.\u00a0 Mr. Harris attended the program in which we launched the book with a series of readings, and read the following excerpt from a letter dated June 3, 1946: \u201cWhitney Harris has been away all weekend. \u00a0He is a nice chap but not much company.\u00a0 He sings all the time \u2013 and is generally too young for me.\u201d\u00a0 His laughter after recounting the late Senator\u2019s words, gave the audience a glimpse of the humor and good nature that was Mr. Harris\u2019 hallmark.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We were honored to have Mr. Harris deliver a lecture in 2006 on the 60th<\/sup> anniversary of the judgment at Nuremberg, where he spoke to an auditorium overflowing of students, who learned so much more from his lecture than from any text book.\u00a0 He joined us again in 2007, when we awarded the Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights, an event that keeps alive the idea that the rule of law and pursuit of human rights is still a necessity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As an archive, we know that it is through history that we can often learn about today, and we owe a debt of gratitude to all those who have gone before us and fought for what is right and true.\u00a0 According to Matt Sepic of St. Louis Public Radio, Mr. Harris\u2019 experience in Nuremberg made him \u201ca leading advocate for international law and the modern war crimes tribunals that are Nuremberg\u2019s legacy.\u201d\u00a0 We are saddened by the loss of such a true human rights activist, and extend our deepest sympathy to his family and friends.<\/p>\n

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Senator Christopher J. Dodd and Whitney Harris, April 10, 2006<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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l-r: Whitney Harris, October 1, 2007; Justice Robert Jackson decorating Lt. Colonel Whitney Harris (1945-46), from the Thomas J. Dodd Papers<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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