G. Frederick Reinhardt

Who was G. Frederick Reinhardt?

George Frederick "Fred" Reinhardt was an American diplomat during the middle third of the 20th century.

He was born in Berkeley, California to George Reinhardt and Aurelia Henry Reinhardt. He matriculated at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity, graduating in 1933. Reinhardt was the U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam, to the United Arab Republic and North Yemen and to Italy. In Vietnam, he worked to improve relations between the United States and South Vietnamese Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem.

He married Lillian Larke Tootle in 1949, and they had four children. Reinhardt died February 23, 1971, in Wohlen, Switzerland.