Britton Harris died on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at age 90. Brit participated in the founding meeting of the Regional Science Association in 1954, and served as its President in 1967. He was also a participant at the 50th North American Meeting in Philadelphia in 2003, and many, many North American Meetings during those 50 years. He continued to present papers at meetings during the 1980s and 1990s. His accomplishments and his influence on the fields of regional science and city planning are recalled in the obituary issued by the University of Pennsylvania.