The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 203 FRANK HARRISON. Frank Harrison, who on the 24th of March, 1919, was assigned for duty as assistant personnel adjutant for Camp Zachariah Taylor, Kentucky, and whose connection with the army covers the entire period since America's entrance into the great World's war, was born at Lanark, Carroll county, Illinois, January 27, 1895, a son of Stephen J. and Loretta (Rowland) Harrison. In March, 1899, his parents removed to Sunnyside, Washington, which place was his home until 1910, when he removed to Seattle, Washington. He had previously been a pupil in the public schools of Sunnyside and afterward continued his education at Seattle until graduated from the Lincoln high school of that city with the class of 1911. In the meantime he had been a member of two interscholastic debating teams and one of six to contest for high school oratorical championship of the city. In the summer of 1907 he attended the Acme Business College of Seattle, studying stenography and typewriting. In 1911 he entered the University of Washington and pursued the liberal arts course, being graduated cum laude in 1915, winning the Bachelor of Arts' degree. While in the university he was a member of the intercollegiate debating team, the winner of the Philo Sherman Bennett Essay contest and was president of the Badger Debating Club. He was also made a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity and of the Phi Beta Kappa, the Phi Delta Kappa, the Phi Alpha Delta and the Tau Kappa Alpha honor societies. His early military training was also there received, for in 1915 he became major of cadets. He was a member of the Young Men's Christian Association cabinet in 1913 and 1914. Frank Harrison studied law at the University of Washington and was graduate assistant instructor in political science in 1916 and 1917. In June, 1916, he became associated with his father and L. L. Todd in the development of a farm at Benton City, giving considerable attention to that project until August, 1917. During the legislative session of 1917 he acted as clerk of the roads and bridges committee in the house of representatives at Washington. He was an enlisted man of the Washington National Guard, Coast Artillery Corps, from May, 1916, until April, 1917. On the 13th of August, 1917, he enlisted in the Washington Field Artillery, National Guard, and in September was commissioned lieutenant with rank from August 5th. He served with the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Field Artillery, of which the Washington National Guard was a part, from October 9, 1917, until July 29, 1918, being executive officer of Battery E during the advance at Chateau-Thierry. He was detached from the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Field Artillery from May 21 to June 30, 1918, as instructor in artillery for the Fifty-sixth Artillery, C. A. C. On the 29th of July he was ordered to the united States to be artillery instructor; was promoted to first lieutenant August 11, 1918; was assigned to the Fifty-first Field Artillery at Camp Bowie, Texas, as instructor and in addition from October 25, 1918, to February 8. 1919, commanded Headquarters Company and from December 13, 1918, to February 8, 1919, was acting regimental, adjutant. On the 8th of February, 1919, he was assigned as student to the Field Artillery Officers School, Camp Zachariah Taylor, Kentucky, and on the 24th of March, 1919, was assigned as assistant personnel adjutant for Camp Zachariah Taylor. Mr. Harrison had a short experience during various summer vacation periods of high school and college years as bank clerk with the Mabton Bank at Mabton, Washington; as mechanics' helper with the Ford Motor Company of Seattle; as office clerk with the Essenkay Sales Company of Seattle; as district circulation manager of the Seattle Sun; and was in charge of hearings of the United States commissions and industrial relations at Seattle. Washington, in August, 1914. His record as a student, in business circles and in military circles has been marked by steady progress. It must ever be a matter of gratification to him and a source of pride to his parents that he participated in the battle of Chateau-Thierry, which proved the turning point in the great World's war, the entrance of the Americans at that time checking the advance of the Germans, lending courage and hope to the French and, moreover, proving the worth of the American arms and the American spirit. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.