Dr. Betty Wright Harris
July 29, 1940
Early life and education
Harris was born on 29 July 1940[3] in Ouachita Parish, Monroe, Louisiana. She and her 11 siblings were raised on a farm by Henry Hudson "Jake" and Legertha Evelyn Thompson Wright.[4]
She attended Union Central High School, enrolling at Southern University at the age of 16. She received her B.S. in Chemistry with a minor in Mathematics at the age of 19 and subsequently attended Atlanta University, receiving her M.S. degree.[5][6]
She taught as an assistant professor of chemistry and mathematics[7] at Mississippi Valley State University, Southern University and Colorado College.[2]
Harris was awarded a PhD in Chemistry from the University of New Mexico in 1975, with a dissertation titled "Reactions of 2-aminopyridine with picryl halides".[8]
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