Memorial services for longtime UNMC employee Jane Harris have been scheduled for Saturday, April 2, at 10 a.m. at the Dundee Presbyterian Church, 5312 Underwood Ave.
Harris, 53, died Thursday, March 17, at The Nebraska Medical Center. Memorials are suggested to the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center or the Alzheimer’s Association.
Harris began at UNMC in December 1974 as the recreation coordinator in the Fitness Center, now called the Center for Healthy Living. She managed the center from 1991 to 1995, when she transferred to Human Resources to become a leader of “Valuing People.” In January 2000, she was named director of Employee Relations. She also served as Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action officer for UNMC and was a member of the Chancellor’s Gender Equity Commission. She also was responsible for the operations of the Child Development Center, Workers Compensation administration and Unemployment Compensation administration, and the New Employee Orientation Program.
A full article tributing Harris can be found in the UNMC Today archives on March 18.