Harrison, Marcia R., 1918-2001

Born April 6, 1918 in Rochester, NY ; female gender ; English language ; American nationality ; associated places: Cambridge MA, Rochester NY, Washington D.C., New York City NY, Dutchess County NY ; Graduated from Vassar 1938 ; 1939-1941 worked as cataloger at Library of Congress ; 1941-Aug 1944 worked as economist in Office of Price Administration ; 1944-1945 worked as economist or foreign economic analyst at Foreign Economic Administration ; 1945–1951 worked as economist for U.S. State Department ; April 1951 suspended from government service for loyalty reasons ; August 1951 publicly named by Senator Joseph McCarthy in his list of 26 State Dept employees thought to be communists ; 1952 deemed a security risk by State Department’s Loyalty Board and was terminated from her position as of Dec. 31. ; 1952 – 1955 attended Harvard Law School as part of third class in which women were permitted to enroll; one of 13 women in a class of 520 upon entrance ; 1955 obtained an LL.B. from HLS, rank 107/444, average B ; March 1956 admitted to NY bar ; 1955–1962 worked at Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in New York as attorney ; 1962-1968 worked in Department of Interior, Office of Territories, as an economist ; 1968-1983 worked for Department of Health and Human services, Office of General Counsel, as attorney-advisor ; May 1983 discharged for unacceptable performance from the Health, Education, and Welfare Department ; 1984–1987 Harrison sued department for age discrimination, but was unsuccessful ; Died Dec. 4, 2001