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| name =Joseph Welles Henderson |
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| university =President of [[Bucknell University]] |
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| term_start =1953 |
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| term_end =1954 |
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| birth_date =February 6, 1890 |
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| birth_place =[[Montgomery, Pennsylvania]] |
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| death_date =July 25, 1957 |
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| predecessor =[[Horace Augustus Hildreth]] |
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| successor =[[Merle Middleton Odgers]] |
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| alumnus =Bucknell University;<br/> [[Harvard Law School]] |
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| profession =[[lawyer]] |
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'''Joseph Welles Henderson''' (February 6, 1890-July 25, 1957), born in [[Montgomery, Pennsylvania]], was acting president of [[Bucknell University]] from 1953-54.[http://www.bucknell.edu/x6071.xml][http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=4os&num=100&lr=lang_en&ft=i&cr=&safe=images&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=bucknell%20%22Joseph%20Welles%20Henderson%20%22&sa=N&tab=ps][http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0B1EF7395A177B93C4AB178CD85F438585F9][http://books.google.com/books?id=KBc_AAAAIAAJ&q=%22joseph+w.+henderson%22+bucknell&dq=%22joseph+w.+henderson%22+bucknell&lr=] |
'''Joseph Welles Henderson''' (February 6, 1890-July 25, 1957), born in [[Montgomery, Pennsylvania]], was acting president of [[Bucknell University]] from 1953-54.[http://www.bucknell.edu/x6071.xml][http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=4os&num=100&lr=lang_en&ft=i&cr=&safe=images&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=bucknell%20%22Joseph%20Welles%20Henderson%20%22&sa=N&tab=ps][http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0B1EF7395A177B93C4AB178CD85F438585F9][http://books.google.com/books?id=KBc_AAAAIAAJ&q=%22joseph+w.+henderson%22+bucknell&dq=%22joseph+w.+henderson%22+bucknell&lr=] |
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Revision as of 10:17, 6 December 2009
Joseph Welles Henderson | |
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| In office 1953–1954 | |
| Preceded by | Horace Augustus Hildreth |
| Succeeded by | Merle Middleton Odgers |
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| Born | February 6, 1890 Montgomery, Pennsylvania |
| Died | July 25, 1957 |
| Profession | lawyer |
Joseph Welles Henderson (February 6, 1890-July 25, 1957), born in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, was acting president of Bucknell University from 1953-54.[1][2][3][4]
Henderson received his A.B. and masters degrees from Bucknell, and his law degree from Harvard Law School (1913).[5][6][7]
Henderson became a partner in the nation's oldest continuously practicing law firm, Rawle and Henderson in Philadelphia, in 1917 in his fourth year at the firm, in the firm's admiralty practice.[8][9] He was a member of the Board of Philadelphia City Trusts.[10] Henderson was also the 67th president of the American Bar Association, from 1943-44, elected by a unanimous vote of the House of Delegates.[11][12]
In addition, Henderson was president of the Union League in 1955 and 1956.
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