the Salvadoran Civil War of the 1980s. Wells was quoted in a 1981 interview, "We are on the wrong side in El Salvador...We are trying to show the Soviets how tough we are . . . at the expense of the desperately poor in El Salvador." Wells was also an active community activist in Philadelphia. He served as a consultant to then Philadelphia Mayor Richardson Dilworth on community relations. He also held a post of judge of elections in West Mount Airy from 1962 to 1964. Wells supported housing and neighborhood integration as president of the West Mount Airy Neighbors in the early 1960s. He also once organized a weekend for 200 families of United Nations delegates and employees. The families stayed for the weekend at the homes of local West Mount Airy residents. Death Henry Wells died of complications from Alzheimer's disease at his home in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 1, 2007. He was 92 years old. He was survived by his wife, four daughters, two sons, and ten grandchildren. References 1914 births 2007 deaths Latin Americanists Political history of Puerto Rico University of Pennsylvania faculty Yale University faculty University of Puerto Rico faculty Yale University alumni University of Illinois alumni Louisiana State University alumni United States Navy personnel of World War II People from Macomb, Illinois Writers from Philadelphia Activists from Philadelphia Neurological disease deaths in Pennsylvania Deaths from Alzheimer's disease United States Navy officers Military personnel from Illinois Fulbright alumni