Joan Harris, died unexpectedly and peacefully of natural causes at her home in New York on June 23rd, 2015. She was 83. Joan was the first child of Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche and Mrs Ruth Harris Bunche. She graduated from The Westtown School, Vassar College and Columbia University where she received a Master's Degree in Sociology. She began her working life in publishing, but soon moved to the United Nations Development Program where she worked for more than two decades as a writer and editor. In her working life she found a unique way to further the goals of her cherished father - equality, human dignity, peace and international understanding. She was most proud of her role as a volunteer for the voter registration movement in Mississippi in 1960 and as a UN Observer for South Africa's first democratic election. Joan had a full life with many friends and many interests in New York and enjoyed travelling the world. She will be fondly remembered by her family and friends for her generosity, charm, warmth and most of all for her indomitable individualism. She is survived by her brother, sisters-in-law and seven nieces and nephews.
Joan Harris, died unexpectedly and peacefully of natural causes at her home in New York on June 23rd, 2015. She was 83. Joan was the first child of Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche and Mrs Ruth Harris Bunche. She graduated from The Westtown School, Vassar College and Columbia University where she received a Master's Degree in Sociology. She began her working life in publishing, but soon moved to the United Nations Development Program where she worked for more than two decades as a writer and editor. In her working life she found a unique way to further the goals of her cherished father - equality, human dignity, peace and international understanding. She was most proud of her role as a volunteer for the voter registration movement in Mississippi in 1960 and as a UN Observer for South Africa's first democratic election. Joan had a full life with many friends and many interests in New York and enjoyed travelling the world. She will be fondly remembered by her family and friends for her generosity, charm, warmth and most of all for her indomitable individualism. She is survived by her brother, sisters-in-law and seven nieces and nephews.
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