David Harris graduated from Lewis & Clark College in 1973 with a BS in Business. He then joined Precision Castparts Corporation working as Sales Engineer selling structural jet engine components in the aircraft industry for about five years. In 1977 he joined the family business, Harris Oil Company, an early pioneer in selling gasoline and diesel products at unattended, card activated fueling locations, Through a long career, David was President of Metrofueling,Truax Harris Energy, Harris Transportation, Alliance Fleet Services and Cascade Energy, and Pacific Pride Services, which sold more than $5 billion of petroleum products annually. In addition to his work in the petroleum industry David Harris was a founding Director of the Bank of the Northwest and Petromark which were acquired by Wells Fargo Bank and Lloyds of London respectively. Now retired, David spends a lot of time on the golf course and is a former competitive ballroom dancer.
Job Title
Executive at Harris Oil, banking and insurance
Type of board member
The Bates Center for Entrepreneurship and Leadership is located in room 344 of J.R. Howard Hall on the Undergraduate Campus.
MSC: 71
email entrepreneurship@lclark.edu
Brian Detweiler-Bedell
Director
Professor of Psychology
Office hours Tu/We 11:30-12:30
bedell@lclark.edu503-768-7651
Chrys Hutchings
Associate Director
Office Hours Tu/We 1pm-3pm
chryshutchings@lclark.edu503-768-7683
Catarina Hunter
Associate Director of Operations
Office Hours
chunter@lclark.edu503-768-8683
The Bates Center for Entrepreneurship and Leadership
The Bates Center for Entrepreneurship and Leadership
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road MSC 71
Portland OR 97219