Harris, Morrie Jacob

1929 Yearbook 

HARRIS, Morrie Jacob, Architect, Fellow Royal Institute of British Architects. Eldest son of the Rev. Mark L. Harris. Born in London in 1875. Educated at Sunderland, Durham County, England. Married in 1913 to May Cohen, daughter of the late Herman Cohen, of Barberton and Lourenço Marques;

has three children. City Councillor of Johannesburg since 1918; Mayor of Johannesburg in 1924; Past President, Association Transvaal Architects; Past President, Society of Architects (London), South African Branch; President, Johannesburg Jewish Guild. 1906/12 and 1914; Member, 1914/1924, Johannesburg Public Library Administration. Postal Address: P.O. Box 1311; Telegraphic Address: "Architecture."