Harris L. Raynor ‘69 is the southern regional director and an international vice president of UNITE HERE, representing workers in the states of Virginia, North and South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, and Mississippi. (UNITE, formerly the Union of Needletrades, Textiles, and Industrial Employees, and HERE, the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, merged in 2004).

Raynor has dedicated his career to pursuing social justice and public policy for the common good. He has been employed in various capacities by UNITE and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU), a predecessor to UNITE, since 1984. From 1978 to 1984, he was with United Furniture Workers of America, where he directed that union's OSHA and job training programs and also served as an international representative. He was a public school teacher in the Central Harlem School District of New York City from 1970 to 1978.

Raynor has been an active supporter of the ILR School for many years. He is a member of the ILR Dean’s Advisory Council, a board that he previously chaired. In addition, he has been a close personal counselor and adviser to Deans Lawler and Lipsky throughout their tenure at the helm of the School. He has participated regularly in various programs and activities of the ILR School, including career panels and classroom visits, and he has been a tireless advocate and role model for students interested in union careers. Raynor also has served as a long-term member of the Cornell University Council.

Raynor received a B.S. degree from the ILR School in 1969 and an M.S.Ed. degree from New York University in 1974. He is married to Dr. B. Denise Raynor A.B. ’70, a member of the faculty at Emory University, School of Medicine. They have three children, Derek, who graduated from the ILR School in 1997, Shelley, a graduate of the University of Michigan, and Keith, a student at American University. They live in Decatur, Georgia.