12 Facts About Elihu Harris

Elihu Mason Harris was born on August 15,1947 and is a retired American politician and college administrator.

Elihu Harris was the Chancellor of Peralta Community College District from 2004 to 2010.

Elihu Harris received a Master of Public Policy from University of California, Berkeley in 1969 and a JD degree from University of California, Davis School of Law in 1972.

Elihu Harris was the Mayor of Oakland from 1991 until 1999.

Elihu Harris has served as a California Uniform Law Commissioner since 1981.

From 1992 to 1997, Elihu Harris co-owned Oakland, California radio station KDIA along with former California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown.

Elihu Harris was the first major party politician to lose a state legislative race to a Green Party candidate.

Elihu Harris ran in a 1999 special election in hopes of regaining the California State Assembly seat he previously held from 1978 to 1990, but lost to Green challenger Audie Bock.

From 2003 to 2010, Elihu Harris was Chancellor of Peralta Community College District.

Elihu Harris had been interim chancellor from 2003 until receiving the post on a permanent basis.

In March 2011, Harris was investigated by the FBI in relation to a no-bid contract awarded to his business partner, Mark A Lindquist of 1701 Associates, Inc, for $948,796 back when Harris was still Chancellor of Peralta and Lindquist was still President of the district's foundation, serving as a boardmember on its Board of Trustees.

Elihu Harris declared his Piedmont partnership with Lindquist and three other partners in 2008 after Lindquist won the contract.