Harmon, Reuel D.

Reuel Durkee Harmon (1904-1994) was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on February 6, 1904. He was the son of Albert H. and Carolyn Durkee Harmon. The elder Harmon was one of the founders of Webb Publishing Company, a St. Paul-based publisher of farm and agricultural magazines.

Reuel Harmon attended Saint Paul Academy (1916-1922), and earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1926. He joined Webb in 1926, and in 1937 was made publisher of its Farmer's Wife magazine. During World War II Harmon served with the United States Army (1942-1945), where he attained the rank of Major. In 1945 he returned to Webb, and in 1946 was made vice president and treasurer of the company. He later served as president (1952-1968) and as chairman of the board (1968-1978). In the 1940s he served on a number of "fact-finding commissions" for the Division of Conciliation of the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, helping to investigate Minnesota labor disputes.

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