Harris Hall is a 23,000 square foot two-story building on west campus between Joyner Hall and the Park-Cate Center. Harris Hall houses the School of Business, the MBA program and the Communications Department.
Harris Hall was named after the late Shearon Harris, president, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Carolina Power and Light Company. Mr. Harris became involved with Meredith College as a result of his strong Baptist Church ties. He served a ten-year term on the Meredith College’s Board of Trustees, and was Chairman of the Board for four years until his death in 1980. Mr. Harris inspired respect throughout corporate communities in North Carolina and the United States. In naming the building, President John Weems believed that Mr. Harris' life exemplified the principles upon which Meredith College was founded.
Ground breaking ceremonies for the new building were on September 25, 1981 and Harris Hall was dedicated on August 30, 1982. Harris Hall houses the School of Business, the MBA program and the Communications Department.
Dr. Lois Frasier (Chairman of the Department of Business and Economics), Mrs. Shearon Harris and President John Weems broke ground for Harris Hall.
Designed by architect Fred L. Tolson and built by Davidson and Jones Construction Company of Raleigh, Harris Hall contains 10 classrooms, 20 offices, a seminar room, a board room, a faculty lounge and a student reading room.
In The Vision Revisited, Carolyn Robinson's history of Meredith College from 1971-1998, Shearon Harris' service on the Board of Trustees "was of such significance" that
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