Former AHC President Bernard (Bernie) Harris died July 24 in Greenup, Illinois, while traveling with his family.
He was one month shy of his 90th birthday. Bernie served as AHC vice president in 2005-2007 and as president in 2008. He declined reelection because he and wife Edna were moving to central Pennsylvania to be near their grandchildren. Bernie was an avid hiker and hike leader. When AHC needed to find a new meeting location in 2007, Bernie located a home for AHC at St. Timothy Lutheran Church.
A breakfast gathering at the ATC Biennial Meeting in Maine in 2017. In the foreground are Bernie and Edna Harris, with Ginny Musser and Holly Vogler.