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'''William Mellors “Bill” Henry''' (1890-1970) was an American writer and reporter who lived and worked primarily in Los Angeles, CA. He was primarily known for his daily ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' column, "By the Way," which appeared from 1939-1971. Henry also served as technical director for [[1932_Los_Angeles_Olympics|1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games]], and authored ''An Approved History of the Olympic Games'' (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1948).<ref>{{cite web|last=Dundon|first=Kate|title=Finding aid to the Bill Henry Collection|url=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8ff3qs5/|publisher=Occidental College|accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref> |
'''William Mellors “Bill” Henry''' (1890-1970) was an American writer and reporter who lived and worked primarily in Los Angeles, CA. He was primarily known for his daily ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' column, "By the Way," which appeared from 1939-1971. Henry also served as technical director for [[1932_Los_Angeles_Olympics|1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games]], and authored ''An Approved History of the Olympic Games'' (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1948).<ref>{{cite web|last=Dundon|first=Kate|title=Finding aid to the Bill Henry Collection|url=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8ff3qs5/|publisher=Occidental College|accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref> |
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<ref>Dundon, Kate. [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8ff3qs5/ Finding Aid to the Bill Henry Collection], Occidental College.</ref> |
<ref>Dundon, Kate. [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8ff3qs5/ Finding Aid to the Bill Henry Collection], Occidental College.</ref> |
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<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/375971 Yeomans, Patricia Henry, ed. ''Behind the Headlines with Bill Henry''. Los Angeles: The Ward Richie Press, 1972.]</ref> |
<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/375971 Yeomans, Patricia Henry, ed. ''Behind the Headlines with Bill Henry''. Los Angeles: The Ward Richie Press, 1972.]</ref> |
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<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2646153 Gottlieb, Robert and Wolt, Irene. ''Thinking Big: The Story of the Los Angeles Times, its Publishers, and Their Influence on Southern California.'' New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1977.]</ref> |
<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2646153 Gottlieb, Robert and Wolt, Irene. ''Thinking Big: The Story of the Los Angeles Times, its Publishers, and Their Influence on Southern California.'' New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1977.]</ref> |
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<ref>Dundon, Kate. ''[http://billhenry.omeka.net/ Bill Henry and the News]'', Occidental College</ref> |
<ref>Dundon, Kate. ''[http://billhenry.omeka.net/ Bill Henry and the News]'', Occidental College</ref> |
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For other people with similar names, see Bill Henry or Bill Henry (New York Yankees pitcher) or Bill Henry (basketball).
William Mellors “Bill” Henry (1890-1970) was an American writer and reporter who lived and worked primarily in Los Angeles, CA. He was primarily known for his daily Los Angeles Times column, "By the Way," which appeared from 1939-1971. Henry also served as technical director for 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, and authored An Approved History of the Olympic Games (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1948).[1]
Henry's parents, Margaret Wendell Henry, and Dr. John Quincy Adams ("J.Q.A.") Henry moved their family to Los Angeles in 1907, where his father worked as a temperance advocate and pastor of the First Baptist Church of Los Angeles. Henry graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1909, and accompanied his father on a missionary trip to Australia and New Zealand the following year. He attended the University of Sydney, and eventually enrolled at Occidental College in 1912. He began reporting on sports for the Los Angeles Times the same year, while playing football and track, and performing in the Glee club at Occidental until his graduation in 1914.[2]
Henry married Corinne Stanton in 1914, with whom he fathered three daughters. In 1919, he briefly left his position at the Times moved his family to Cleveland, where he worked at an aircraft plant with Glenn L. Martin. He was an aviation enthusiast, and assisted Donald Douglas in establishing the Douglas Aircraft Company in Los Angeles in 1920.[3] From 1920-1926, Henry served as editor of Touring Topics, a membership magazine produced by the Automobile Club of Southern California.[4]
Henry worked as a war correspondent for the Times from 1939-1942, and reported on sports, political conventions, and presidential travel as a news broadcaster for Mutual Broadcasting System (MBS), Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), and National Broadcasting Company (NBC) throughout his career. He was also the president of the Radio Correspondents' Association from 1947-1948, and chairman of the Political Conventions Committee of the Radio-Television Correspondents Association from 1952-1968.[5] Henry continued to write for the Times until his death in 1970 at age 80.[6]
References
- ^ Dundon, Kate. "Finding aid to the Bill Henry Collection". Occidental College. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ Yeomans, Patricia Henry (1972). Behind the Headlines with Bill Henry. Occidental College: Ward Richie Press. pp. 5–10.
- ^ Gottlieb, Robert (1977). Thinking Big: The Story of the Los Angeles Times, its Publishers, and Their Influence on Southern California. G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. 156.
- ^ Yeomans, Patricia Henry (1972). Behind the Headlines with Bill Henry. Occidental College: Ward Richie Press. pp. 5–10.
- ^ Dundon, Kate. "Bill Henry and the News". Occidental College. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ Dundon, Kate. "Finding aid to the Bill Henry Collection". Occidental College. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ Dundon, Kate. Finding Aid to the Bill Henry Collection, Occidental College.
- ^ Yeomans, Patricia Henry, ed. Behind the Headlines with Bill Henry. Los Angeles: The Ward Richie Press, 1972.
- ^ Gottlieb, Robert and Wolt, Irene. Thinking Big: The Story of the Los Angeles Times, its Publishers, and Their Influence on Southern California. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1977.
- ^ Dundon, Kate. Bill Henry and the News, Occidental College