HENRY-MILLON-Obituary

HENRY ARMAND MILLON

Cambridge, Massachusetts

1927 - 2018

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MILLON, Henry Armand Architectural Historian Henry Armand Millon passed away peacefully at home on Monday, April 2, 2018. He was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on February 22, 1927, the second of three sons. His father was an aerial photographer; his mother, a daughter of the published of a...

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The summer of `62, between my fourth and fifth years, I had asked Hank if he knew anyone in Paris with whom I might get a summer job. He gave me Serge Menil's name, whom he had known when he was a student at the American Academy in Rome. I wrote to Menil, who said "Yes", and I spent that summer in Paris. It was my first trip to Europe, and, thanx to Hank, it was one of the most memorable of my life. Forever grateful to Hank!

I was so shocked to learn Hank had died. I was one of his first students at MIT, and the art/architecture history I learned from him is still much with me. I will be going to Northern Italy in the fall, and I pulled out my Key Monuments book to review my must-revisits. So many memories, so sad he is gone. My condolences to Judith and to the family. A classmate and I saw Hank and Judith off on the ship from NY that took him to his post as Director of the American Academy in Rome....so...

Hank was a dear friend and colleague at the National Gallery - always seeking the high road, seeing the big picture, and sharing his adorable sense of humor. His twinkling eyes belied his always keen observation and sense of distance through which he understood the day in terms of its presence in history.
The creation of CASVA through Hank's terms meant that scholars, curators and staff always were welcome around his big table as he served espresso and questions that fomented great...

With deepest sympathy to Judy and the Millon family. Hank will be missed by many, including dear friends and neighbors from Colonial Village. He was such an interesting and delightful person. Be comforted that he rests in peace.
Fondly, Barbara Piquet Villafranco

To his family and friends. My condolence. May our heavenly father bring great comfort to you. Psalms 9:9

Working for Hank as a pre-doc and post-doc at CASVA proved the most formative professional experience of my career. A consummate scholar and gentleman, Hank fostered an inimitably welcoming and engaging environment for academic exchange, providing support and encouragement for staff members, fellows, and visiting scholars alike. Countless friendships, spanning the globe, were forged under his stewardship, and those dear partnerships all were marked by Hank's spirit of generosity, his...