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Shyamala Gopalan (December 7, 1938 – February 11, 2009) was a biomedical scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, whose work in isolating and characterizing the progesterone receptor gene stimulated advances in breast biology and oncology. She was the mother of Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris and Maya Harris, a lawyer and political commentator.
Jan 26, 2021 · Shyamala Gopalan was a pioneering woman of colour in America, a scientist and an activist. She was also Vice-President Kamala Harris's mother and her "greatest influence". Geeta Pandey in Delhi ...
19 hours ago · Kamala Harris’ mother Shyamala Gopalan was born in southern India’s Tamil Nadu. She moved to the US to pursue graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley. This is where Shyamala met Kamala Harris’s father Donald Harris. They were both members of a Black intellectual study group, later known as the Afro-American Association, ...
May 2, 2024 · Donald J. Harris and Shyamala Gopalan Harris welcomed Kamala Harris in 1964. Here’s everything to know about Kamala Harris’ parents, Donald J. Harris and Shyamala Gopalan Harris.
Sep 13, 2020 · Shyamala Gopalan fell into important friendships at Berkeley right away. As she stood in line to register for classes, in the fall of 1959, the person standing behind her was Cedric Robinson, ...
Jan 26, 2021 · Shyamala Gopalan was a pioneering woman of colour in America, a scientist and an activist. She was also Vice-President Kamala Harris's mother and her "greatest influence". Geeta Pandey in Delhi ...
Jan 20, 2021 · All of the facts, photos, and information about Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris's mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris. An Indian immigrant, Gopalan was a biological researcher in California.
11 hours ago · Harris’ parents — Jamaica-born economist Donald J. Harris and Shyamala Gopalan Harris, a scientist who was born in India — divorced when she was young. Harris and her sister, Maya, were ...
Oct 25, 2020 · “When Shyamala wanted to go to California, [my father] said, ‘Go ahead,’” Gopalan Balachandran, Shyamala’s younger brother, told me. “He left his home [as a young man] and came to ...
Aug 19, 2020 · The admiration goes both ways. The senator's extended Indian family, particularly her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was an inspiration for Harris as she rose to the pinnacle of American politics, her ...
