- At UC Riverside from 1965 until his retirement in 1991 he worked as a writer, editor, administrative analyst and Management Services Officer in the College of Natural and Agricultural Services.
- He ran a bookstore in Berkeley, California, and later became a newspaper journalist. He had strong ties with the local American Indian community. He was a co-founder of the Malki Museum on the Morongo Indian Reservation, and helped establish the Malki Museum Press, which publishes books about California Indians.
- He helped found the California Museum of Photography.
- Founder of the Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology.
- Created the Creative Writing Program at University of California.
- Besides being a writer, journalist, historian and editor, Harry Lawton was also a philanthropist.
- Lawton was totally against wars, prejudice and intolerance.
- Was a Human Rights activist.
- Supported several charities, although in life he always preferred anonymity.
- Father of writer, producer and director J.F. Lawton.
- Met wife Georgeann at UC Berkeley.
- Was an advocate for issues related to dyslexia and ADHD.
- Was an Animal Rights activist.
- Worked as a writer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
- Father-in-law of journalist, writer and LGBT activist Paola Lawton.
- His daughter-in-law, Paola Lawton, is a graduate from New York University.
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