Rufus Carrollton Harris

Rufus Carrollton Harris was the president of Tulane University from 1937 to 1959 and the 12th dean of the Tulane University Law School, from 1927 to 1937.

Education

He completed his undergraduate studies at Mercer University and earned two law degrees at Yale University, where he completed his Juris Doctor degree in 1924. He left Tulane to become the President of Mercer University. He co-authored the GI Bill.

Role as Tulane University Law School dean

While at the Tulane Law School, he established the Tulane Law Review.