Harmon, Rick
Biography
Richard Charles Harmon was born in Jackson, Michigan, in 1952. When he was six years old, his family moved to the West Coast. In 1975, he earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of California, San Diego. That same year, he and Candice Gaucher were married; they later divorced in 1985. He attended Columbia University in New York, then transferred back to UCSD. A few years later, he left graduate school and began working in publishing in Southern California. In the early 1980s, he began working in the UCLA oral history program. n 1984, he became an oral historian at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, and the next year, he also became the editor of Oregon Historical Quarterly, the society's journal. For a year, he held both positions, and he served as editor of OHQ until 1999. Harmon was married twice. He and Candice Gaucher married in 1975, then divorced in 1985. He remarried, to Jane Malarkey, in 1990. In 1990, he and Jane Malarkey were married. Harmon died in 2004.
Sources: Information provided by Harmon in an oral history interview, SR 2531 at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library; vital records on Ancestry.com.
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Clyde Rice
Oral history interview with Clyde Rice conducted by Rick Harmon from January 22 to March 13, 1985. Rice was an author from Portland, Oregon, and he discusses his novel "A Heaven in the Eye," as well as his family background and early life, his marriages, and his father's flavor extract business.
Oral history interview with Nicholas Schneider and Edmund Schneider
Oral history interview with brothers Nicholas Schneider and Edmund Schneider conducted by Rick Harmon from April 18-25, 1985. The Schneiders discuss life in Portland in the early 20th century, their father's involvement with the Albers Brothers Milling Company, and their U.S. Army service during World War I.
Oral history interview with Otto Skopil
Oral history interview with Otto Skopil conducted by Rick Harmon and Jim Strassmaier from August 19, 1985, to November 27, 1989, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Skopil was a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Oregon and on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Oral history interview with Gus J. Solomon
Oral history interview with Gus J. Solomon conducted by Rick Harmon from July 23 to October 18, 1984, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Solomon was a judge for the U.S. District Court of Oregon.
Oral history interview with Monroe Sweetland
Oral history interview with Monroe Sweetland conducted by Rick Harmon from November 16, 1984, to October 26, 1987, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Sweetland was an Oregon state representative and senator.
Oral history interview with Elise F. Wendel
Oral history interview with Elise F. Wendel conducted by Rick Harmon from January 30 to February 27, 1985. Wendel was the daughter of I.N. Fleischner, the owner of the Fleischner, Mayer, and Co. department store, and the wife of Harold F. Wendel, the president of Lipman and Wolfe department store in Portland, Oregon.
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