Harriman, 94, Seriously Ill
United Press International
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. —
Averell Harriman, 94, the New Deal Democrat who helped shape foreign policy for Presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Jimmy Carter, is seriously ill in his suburban New York home, a spokesman said today.
“The prognosis is not good. They do not expect him to recover,” a family friend said. At his bedside was his third wife, Pamela, former daughter-in-law of Winston Churchill, with whom Harriman worked closely during World War II.
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