In Memoriam: William Harrison, 1928-2020

Born a year before the Great Depression, William Harrison was a bundle of constant curious energy his entire life.  

In high school, for example, in north Manatee County, he not only played football but he also played in the band — at halftime of games. Later in life, Harrison helped guide the board of the Sarasota Opera, a significant fish-out-of-water moment for a fourth-generation Floridian whose leisure comfort zone was fishing and hunting. Harrison also learned a new style of fishing in his 50s — catching lobsters in the Keys — and turned it into annual family tradition. Even at 91, Harrison attended two Florida Gators college football games in person last season, a passion that goes back to the 1940s.  (He also attended all three Gator National Championships in person.)