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Willis Harman http://connection.ebscohost.com/content/article/1030771653.html was an American

United States

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engineer, social scientist, academic, futurist, writer, and visionary. He is best remembered for his work with SRI International

SRI International

SRI International , founded as Stanford Research Institute, is one of the world's largest contract research institutes. Based in Menlo Park, California, the trustees of Stanford University established it in 1946 as a center of innovation to support economic development in the region. It was later...

, for being president of the Institute of Noetic Sciences in California, http://books.google.com/books?id=N8duPr8xowcC&pg=PA273&lpg=PA273&dq=%22Willis+harman%22+SRI&source=bl&ots=yrQWUa9eDV&sig=Dl41ZoQSOnu_j-ZBwvCPkyM79f8&hl=en&ei=fjDaSqOUG42KsgP9qOyFBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBkQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Willis%20harman%22%20SRI&f=false and for his work in raising consciousness within the international business community. http://www.scottlondon.com/interviews/harman.html

Background

Harman was born in Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington

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on August 16, 1918. He graduated from the University of Washington

University of Washington

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in 1939 with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering. After graduation, he worked for General Electric

General Electric

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and then joined the Navy as an electrical officer. He was stationed on the USS Maryland (BB-46)

USS Maryland (BB-46)

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but was ashore near Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

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on December 7, 1941

Attack on Pearl Harbor

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. After the end of World War II

World War II

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, Harman received his M.S. in Physics and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. http://books.google.com/books?id=N8duPr8xowcC&pg=PA273&lpg=PA273&dq=%22Willis+harman%22+SRI&source=bl&ots=yrQWUa9eDV&sig=Dl41ZoQSOnu_j-ZBwvCPkyM79f8&hl=en&ei=fjDaSqOUG42KsgP9qOyFBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBkQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Willis%20harman%22%20SRI&f=false He has three daughters, one son, many grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. He had a rose garden and a swinging horse in his backyard.

Career

Harman taught for several years at the University of Florida

University of Florida

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before joining the Stanford faculty in 1952.http://books.google.com/books?id=UMbylT5nsD0C&pg=PA157&lpg=PA157&dq=%22willis+harman%22+pearl+harbor&source=bl&ots=e0L1MlS9K4&sig=mrPm3jm5Vp646fu989yDwmrhi98&hl=en&ei=ghPaSv3sGILusgOA-MyiDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22willis%20harman%22%20pearl%20harbor&f=false He eventually left Stanford to become a senior social scientist at SRI International

SRI International

where he initiated a futures research program, exploring the national and global future. In this capacity he worked on long-term strategic planning and policy analysis for an assortment of corporations, government agencies, and international organizations.http://www.fargonebooks.com/high.html He then served as president of the Institute of Noetic Sciences from 1975 until his death in 1997. During the 1970s, he was appointed a regent of the University of California

Regents of the University of California

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by then governor Jerry Brown

Jerry Brown

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. http://jhp.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/37/2/6 http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/money-print-your-own/892 http://books.google.com/books?id=N8duPr8xowcC&pg=PA273&lpg=PA273&dq=%22Willis+harman%22+SRI&source=bl&ots=yrQWUa9eDV&sig=Dl41ZoQSOnu_j-ZBwvCPkyM79f8&hl=en&ei=fjDaSqOUG42KsgP9qOyFBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBkQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Willis%20harman%22%20SRI&f=false

Selected works

Biology Revisioned (with Elizabet Sahtouris, 1998)
Global Mind Change: The Promise of the 21st Century (2nd ed., 1998)
New Business of Business: Taking Responsibility for a Positive Global Future (with Maya Porter, 1997)
New Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Science (with Jane Clark, 1994)
New Traditions in Business: Spirit and Leadership in the 21st Century (1991)
Creative Work: The Constructive Role of Business N A Transforming Society(1991)
Global Mind Change: The New Age Revolution in the Way We Think (1988/1990)
Paths to Peace (with Richard Smoke, 1987)
Higher Creativity:Liberating the Unconscious for Breakthrough Insight (with Howard Rheingold
Howard Rheingold
-See also:* Collective intelligence* Information society* The WELL* Virtual community-External links:***** at TED conference** a 48MB Quicktime movie, hosted by the Internet Archive...

, 1984)
Energy Futures, Human Values and Life Styles (1982)
Changing Images of Man (1982)
An Incomplete Guide to the Future (1976/1979).

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