Rufus Carrollton Harris (c. 1898 – August 18, 1988) was the president of Tulane University from 1937 to 1959 and the 12th dean of the Tulane University Law School, from 1927 to 1937.^[1]

He completed his undergraduate studies at Mercer University and earned two law degrees at Yale University, where he completed his Juris Doctor degree in 1924. He left Tulane to become the President of Mercer University. He co-authored the GI Bill.

While at the Tulane Law School, he established the Tulane Law Review.^[2]