Henry I. Harriman

Henry Ingraham Harriman (1873 – July 5, 1950) was an American public utility executive and President of the United States Chamber of Commerce from 1932 to 1935.

Early life and career Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1873, he graduated from Wesleyan University in 1895, received his bachelor of laws in 1897 from New York Law School, and his Ph.D. from Wesleyan University in 1930.

He initially worked in the textile industry in Massachusetts, where he received patents for several automatic looms. and the Connecticut River Power Company. and on the board of directors of several regional New England power companies. Division of Metropolitan Planning for Greater Boston, and the Massachusetts State Planning Board. In 1918, he was appointed a regional director of the War Industries Board.

Chamber of Commerce and later life He was president and director of the United States Chamber of Commerce from 1933 to 1935. Active in political causes, in 1937 he was appointed a delegate to the International Labour Conference (serving for many years) and the American Youth Congress.

He had two children, Gordon Douglas Harriman and Eunice Alberta (Harriman) Millikin.

Toward the end of his life, he lived in Newton, Massachusetts. He died on July 5, 1950, after a long illness at his daughter's home in Needham, Massachusetts. His home in Newton, the Henry I. Harriman House, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.