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L. Harmon Zeigler died from a massive heart attack in Tacoma on July 31, 2006. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Pat; his two children, Mike and Amanda; and three grandchildren, Ben, Zoe and Ruby.
Harmon was born in Savannah, Georgia on March 9, 1936. Among his earliest-and, for him, perhaps his proudest-achievements was playing for the Georgia Bulldogs, an athletic career that was, sadly, ended early by a knee injury. He received a B.A. from Emory University in 1957, an M.A. from the University of Illinois, Champaign/ Urbana in 1958, and a Ph.D. also from Illinois in 1960-the latter completed when he was only 24. Following graduation, he took positions at Florida State University (1960-1961); at Emory University (1961-1963); and at the University of Georgia (1963-1964) before coming as an associate professor to the political science department and the Center for the Advanced Study of Educational Administration at the University of Oregon in 1964. He became a full professor of political science at the University of Oregon and director of the University's Center for the Educational Policy and Management in 1967. After 21 years at Oregon, he took an endowed chair at the University of Puget Sound.
Throughout his career Harmon held many visiting professorships, including at the University...