Henry Villard gained fame--or fortunes--in three careers: war correspondent, railroad financier, and newspaper publisher. Villard arrived in the United States as a penniless German-speaking immigrant of eighteen. Disdainful of life in "little...
Henry Serrano Villard, 95, a career diplomat, prolific author and former ambassador who was first chief of the State Department's Africa division, died of pneumonia Jan. 21 in Los Angeles. Born in New York City, Mr. Villard{D-} graduated in 1921 from Harvard University,...
Henry S. Villard, 95, a retired career diplomat who also had been a writer and actor, died of pneumonia Jan. 22 in Los Angeles. Mr. Villard, who was a member of the Foreign Service for 28 years before retiring in 1961, held ambassadorial...
