Harrison FordHarrison Ford was born to the proud parents of Dorothy Nidelman and Christopher Ford on Wednesday, July 13, 1942. His birth occurred nearly six months after their marriage on February 3, 1942. Days later, he was named Harrison Ford in honor of his maternal grandfather. For much of his young life, he preferred people to call him by his grandfather's name, Harry. He had a brother named Terence. Terence and Harrison, or Terry and Harry, as they were better known, grew up in Chicago and attended Graeme Stewart Elementary School. In elementary school, a classmate remembered him as something of a jokester or wit. When Harrison became a teenager, he had little trouble earning pocket money. He worked briefly on a yacht, helping cook for the heirs of Chicago's powerful Swift Meat Packing Company. His longest-serving job was at the Evening Pipe Shop and it was there that Harry started smoking too. When he graduated from Main East High School, in the class of 1960, another of his classmates declared, "No one would have ever believed he would become a movie star. You would never, ever have imagined it." In 1960, Harrison began school at Ripon College. His first month at Ripon was filled with hazing events, wearing "beanies", taking part in grease pole fights and other mischievous freshman pranks. He spent the next four years in the fraternity house, South Hall, where about forty students shared rooms supervised by a house mother. Harrison played guitar and played in a band called The Brothers Gross, which played at college parties. During the holidays he still worked part-time at the pipe shop. He would supply pipes to all his friends at cost. Harry loved smoking a Calabash,...... middle of paper......ol. Lucas continued to audition other actors. Fred Roos arranged for Harrison to do some carpentry work at the location where Lucas was auditioning. After seeing Harrison day after day and having him read parts against other characters, Lucas began to realize that Harrison was perfect for the part of Hans Solo. When Star Wars came out it was a masterpiece. Harrison's career took off after Star Wars. At the same time his career took off, his marriage to Mary fell apart. The time they spent apart put a strain on the marriage and they eventually got a very amicable divorce. Ford then met screenwriter Melissa Mathison, whom he began dating after his divorce from Mary Marquardt. Melissa then became his wife in 1983. They have two children together: Malcolm and Georgia. They divorced in 2002. Harrison Ford now lives with his love interest, Calista Flockhart.