Stewart Harris

Serious 'Kid at Heart'

Stewart D. Harris had a serious job on Wall Street — and a season pass to the Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park. Which, said his wife, Sheila, he used all the time. When the Batman ride first opened at the park, in Jackson, N.J., Mr. Harris left the house in Monmouth County early one morning, went on the ride "and came home happy as could be," Mrs. Harris said.

"He was truly a kid at heart," she added.

Mr. Harris, 52, the chief credit officer at Cantor Fitzgerald, was devoted to his family: he bought cards weeks in advance for every special occasion. He taught his wife to ski, and took her camping and rafting on the Delaware River. He would laugh when they saw cars with bumper stickers boasting about having climbed Mount Washington in New Hampshire.

"We did it — and not with the car," Mrs. Harris said.

Profile published in THE NEW YORK TIMES on Jnuary 22, 2002.


Stewart D. Harris, 52, a good friend

Stewart Harris was proud that he had survived the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993, and he often wore a T-shirt proclaiming that fact.

His wife, Sheila Solomon Harris, was looking forward to getting him a second T-shirt after last Tuesday's terrorist attack. Mr. Harris, an executive with Cantor Fitzgerald, was at his desk on the 101st floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center when the first hijacked plane hit. He has been missing since.

On Sunday, the family, including Mr. Harris' two children, Craig and Elissa, will be holding a memorial service at the Marlboro Jewish Center in Marlboro.

"We want to celebrate the life of our beloved husband and father," said Sheila Harris, Mr. Harris' wife of 22 years.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, Stewart D. Harris, 52, moved to Marlboro in 1983. He received a master's degree in finance from Long Island University and for the past 20 years was the chief credit officer for Cantor Fitzgerald.

Mr. Harris was a member of Temple Rodeph Torah in Marlboro and was an assistant coach for many years with the Marlboro recreation and travel soccer team. He also served in the National Guard in the early 1970s.

"He was a good friend to everyone," said neighbor Sandy Pollock. "He always had a smile on his face."

In addition to his wife and children, Mr. Harris' family includes his parents, R. Jay and Mildred Horowitz Harris of Monroe Township; and a brother, Lloyd Harris of East Meadow, N.Y. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Marlboro Jewish Center's Chai Building on Topanemus Road in Marlboro.