Elmer Harris, president and chief executive officer of Alabama Power Company, was inducted into the State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame in ceremonies held in Mobile in February.
He earned the bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Auburn in 1962, and the master's in 1968. He also received the master of business administration degree from AU in 1970.
Harris began his career at Alabama Power as a cooperative student engineer in 1958 and progressed through increasing positions of responsibility, culminating in his appointment in 1979 as executive vice president and chief financial officer.
He moved to the Georgia Power Co. in 1986 as senior executive vice president, assuming his current position at Alabama Power in 1989.
Harris was instrumental in developing the Geographic Information System (GIS) at Alabama Power, designed to collect, maintain, edit, integrate, and analyze a wide variety of computer -based information.
Beyond his corporate duties, he has worked for education reform, calling for increased funding of underdeveloped school systems, higher standards for teachers, and for greater accountability.
He is a native of Chilton County.
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