Chauncy d Harris
Chauncy Dennison Harris was born in Logan in 1914. At age 19 he became a graduate from Brigham Young University with his A.B. Harris then moved onto Oxford with a Rhodes scholoraship graduating in 1936 with his M.A. Harris spent a year in London before he attended the University of Chicago where he completed a doctorate in 1940. Harris served at the University of Nebraska and Utah as faculty. After serving he returned to the University of Chicago in 1943 appointed as Assistant Professor of Geography. He later left again to serve in WWII.
Since the very beginning Harris had a strong intrest in cities. In the partnership with Edward L. Ullman, Harris and Ullman wrote an article over The Nature of Cities in 1945. This was not the only time Harris worked with Ullman they worked together and created the Multiple Nuclei Model of Urban Development. Along with his intrest in urban development and cities he had an intrest in the Soviet Union. Harris had done two pieces of work in 1945 over the Soviet Union. This prior work in the Sovet Union he was respected in the field when the Soviet Union opened to foreigners.
As well with his work in the study of the Soviet Union, his greatest contribution was to the field of American Urban Geography. As stated above he had written the Nature of Cities and created the Multiple Nuclei Model of Urban Development. The Multiple Nuclei Model of Urban Development had prophetic relevance for understanding American cities in the later 20th century.
Harris held many important positions throughout his life span. These positions included Dean of the Division of Social Sciences from 1954 to 1960, Chairman of Non-Western and International Programs from 1960 to 1966, Director of the Center for International Studies from 1966 to 1984, Assistant to the President from 1973 to 1975, and Vice-President for Academic Resources from 1975 to 1978.
Since the very beginning Harris had a strong intrest in cities. In the partnership with Edward L. Ullman, Harris and Ullman wrote an article over The Nature of Cities in 1945. This was not the only time Harris worked with Ullman they worked together and created the Multiple Nuclei Model of Urban Development. Along with his intrest in urban development and cities he had an intrest in the Soviet Union. Harris had done two pieces of work in 1945 over the Soviet Union. This prior work in the Sovet Union he was respected in the field when the Soviet Union opened to foreigners.
As well with his work in the study of the Soviet Union, his greatest contribution was to the field of American Urban Geography. As stated above he had written the Nature of Cities and created the Multiple Nuclei Model of Urban Development. The Multiple Nuclei Model of Urban Development had prophetic relevance for understanding American cities in the later 20th century.
Harris held many important positions throughout his life span. These positions included Dean of the Division of Social Sciences from 1954 to 1960, Chairman of Non-Western and International Programs from 1960 to 1966, Director of the Center for International Studies from 1966 to 1984, Assistant to the President from 1973 to 1975, and Vice-President for Academic Resources from 1975 to 1978.