Charles Harrison, an industrial designer who was the first Black executive for Sears, Roebuck & Company, died Nov. 29 in Santa Clarita, Calif., of a bacterial infection, his family announced. He was 87.

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Charles Harrison, an industrial designer who was the first Black executive for Sears, Roebuck & Company, died Nov. 29 in Santa Clarita, Calif., of a bacterial infection, his family announced. He was 87.
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