What is Henry Haller?
[[File:Henry Haller.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Haller in 1974]] '''Henry Haller''' (January 10, 1923 &ndash; November 7, 2020) was a [[Swiss people|Swiss]]-[[Americans|American]] chef. He served as [[White House Executive Chef|Executive Chef]] of the [[White House]] from 1966 to 1987.<ref name=langdon>{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20070489,00.html|last=Langdon|first=Dolly|title=From Nixon's Fish to Tito's Rack of Lamb and Amy's Cookies, White House Chef Henry Haller Tries 'to Keep Everyone Happy'|work=People|date=March 27, 1978|access-date=June 23, 2015|archive-date=June 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624021237/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20070489,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He served under the presidencies of [[Lyndon Johnson]], [[Richard Nixon]], [[Gerald Ford]], [[Jimmy Carter]] and [[Ronald Reagan]]. He retired on October 1, 1987.<ref name=burros>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/07/us/white-house-chef-to-leave-in-fall.html|last=Burros|first=Marian|title=White House Chef to Leave in Fall|work=The New York Times|date=June 7, 1987|access-date=June 22, 2015}}</ref> Haller was born in [[Altdorf, Switzerland|Altdorf]], [[Switzerland]]. He studied as an apprentice at hotels and ski resorts in [[Bern]], [[Davos]] and [[Lucerne]]. He married Carole Itjem in the 1950s. They had four children. Haller died on November 7, 2020 in [[Rockville, Maryland]] at the age of 97.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/11/12/henry-haller-unflappable-white-house-chef-cooked-five-presidents/ Henry Haller, unflappable White House chef who cooked for five presidents from LBJ onwards – obituary]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Haller, Henry}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:Swiss businesspeople]] [[Category:American chefs]] [[Category:Canton of Uri]] {{US-bio-stub}}