Kathryn Harris

Harris, Kathryn Mangano
(born Kathryn Farnham Mangano), PH.D, aged 73, passed away in her Scottsdale home on May 5, 2015. She was born on August 11th, 1941 in New Haven, Connecticut at Yale University where her father was finishing his PH.D. in History. She is the daughter of Mollie Slaughter and Phillip Austin Mangano. Kathryn grew up both in Phoenix, Arizona and in eastern Arizona in Clifton. As a child and young woman, she spent time with her sister and cousins at the Slaughter Ranch in the White Mountains. Kathryn was in the first graduating class of Central High School in 1958. After graduating high school, she enrolled at ASU, became a sorority sister of Kappa Alpha Theta, and was elected to Mortar Board. While at ASU, Kathryn earned her BA in both French and English and her MA in English. Kathryn went on to become a faculty member of the English Department and taught upper division English for 38 years. As a faculty member of ASU, Kathryn became an Associate Chair of the English Department. After she retired, she completed her PH.D. in Victorian literature at the U of A in May, 2005. Kathryn was a fiercely loyal friend, an effortless conversationalist, and a captivating story teller. She was generous to a fault and always thought of others first. She was adored by her family and many other friends and colleagues. Kathryn was the matriarch of her family, especially her two children and grandson. Her time was dedicated to family, reading, tutoring, geopolitics, the opera, ballet, theater, film and freelance writing and editing. Favorites of hers were Downtown Abbey, the Good wife, Justified and Changing Hands Bookstore. Kathryn is preceded in death by her brother Joel S. McCally and her dogs, Lucy, Cleo, and Serafina. Kathryn is survived by her two children, Mary Kathryn Harris, 45, William Harris, 42, her cherished grandson, Jeffrey Snoddy, 16, her sisters Lynne Carroll(Zenuik), Mollie McCally(Yeager), and her brother Jonathan McCally. As per Kathryn's wishes, no services will be held.