Pierre de Lagarde Boal [SEP] place of death
Pierre de Lagarde Boal
Pierre de Lagarde Boal (September 29, 1895, Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, France – May 24, 1966, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) was an American diplomat and aviator. Boal served as the United States Ambassador to Nicaragua from 1941 to 1942 and the United States Ambassador to Bolivia from May 1942 to February 5, 1944.
Biography.
He was born Pierre Denis de Lagarde Boal on September 29, 1895, at Thonon-les-Bains
Columbus. Her mother, Jeanne de Menthon, a native of France, was a descendant of the 11th century French saint, Bernard of Menthon. Lee's father, Pierre de Lagarde Boal, was an American diplomat who served as the United States' ambassador to Nicaragua and Bolivia during the 1940s. Boal, who was fluent in English, French and Spanish, lived in ten countries by the time she completed college.
Boal graduated from Elmwood School, an exclusive all-girls school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,