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About Hugh Baillie
Hugh Baillie was an American journalist best known as the head of UP, the leading rival to the Associated Press. As president 1935-1955, he was an overall charge of business operations, and dealings with his correspondents and subscribing newspapers. Baillie was the son of a prominent journalist in New York, and joined UP in 1915 after attending the University of Southern California. He personally interviewed top European leaders in the coming of World War II, including Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Neville Chamberlain. He covered the American invasion of Sicily in 1943, and the Belgian campaign in 1944, in which he was wounded.
Everything about Hugh Baillie →- Occupation
- journalist, businessperson
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 23, 1890, 1890
- Died
- March 1, 1966