John T. Harris

John T. Harris, is serving as a member of the Orchard Hospital Board of Directors. John is a native of Richvale, Butte County. His father, Glen R. Harris, was a long-time Board Member and also served as Board Chairman. John received his Bachelors Degree in 1962 from the University of California, Davis, and his Juris Doctor degree in 1965 from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley. In 1966, Mr. Harris was commissioned a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, and was promoted to Captain shortly thereafter. He served tours in Arizona and the Republic of Vietnam, and was awarded the Army Commendation Medal and Bronze Star for Service. He returned to Butte County and private practice upon his return from Vietnam in 1970. He has practiced law in Gridley since 1970.

Mr. Harris is a principal in Harris, Sanford and Hamman, a Professional Corporation, and has been a member of the California State Bar since 1966. He is certified as a specialist in Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. John is a past member and adviser of the Executive Committee of the California State Bar Estate Planning, Trusts, and Probate Section. He has served as a lecturer for the California Continuing Education of the Bar on the subject of wills and estate planning. He also has had an active general business practice, and was Secretary and legal counsel for the Orchard Hospital for nearly 30 years. John has been active in civic organizations, is a past President of the Gridley Rotary Club, and served as a trustee of the Gridley Union High School District and as Foreman of the 1979-1980 Butte County Grand Jury. He is the past Chairman of the Board of the Orchard Hospital. John is also an ordained Episcopal Priest, and serves as Vicar of St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Gridley. He resides in Gridley with his wife Marny, a retired elementary school teacher. They have three children and five grand-children.

Mr. Harris is a former Chairman of the Board.