Background
Henderson, Algo Donmyer was born on April 26, 1897 in Solomon, Kansas, United States. Son of Calvert Columbus and Ella Cora (Donmyer) Henderson.
Henderson, Algo Donmyer was born on April 26, 1897 in Solomon, Kansas, United States. Son of Calvert Columbus and Ella Cora (Donmyer) Henderson.
Student, Kansas Wesleyan College Commerce, 1914-1915; student, Georgetown University, 1917-1918; Juris Doctor, U. Kansas, 1921; postgraduate, University of Chicago, 1923; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1928; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Antioch College, 1948; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Olivet College, 1959; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Fenn College, 1963; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Cleveland State University, 1968; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Keuka College, 1950.
Teacher, public schools, Kansas, 1915-1917;
teacher, U. Kansas, 1920-1924;
member of faculty, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio., 1925-1948;
associate professor, professor, business manager, dean, executive vice president, acting president and president, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio., 1935-1948;
associate director, Temporary Commision on Need for a State University in New York State, 1948-1949;
associate commissioner of education charge higher, professional education, State University of New York, 1948-1950;
professor higher education, secretary committee college relations, University of Michigan, 1950-1967;
emeritus professor, University of Michigan, 1967-1988;
founder, director Center for Study of Higher Education, University of Michigan, 1957-1966;
research educator, Center for Research and Development in Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley, 1966-1977. Member Michigan Commission College Accreditation, 1950-1964, President's Commission HigherEdn., 1946-1948, Exchange of Distinguished Persons with Japan, 1956. Member of commission educational organizations National Conference of Christians and Jews.
Consultant State of Connecticut, 1949-1950, United College Hong Kong, 1956, U. Alabama 1967-1968, U. New Mexico, 1968, 70, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1969, Ford. Foundation in Chile, 1970, California Teachers Association, 1974, Antioch College, 1974.
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Member of committee on selection scholars Kennedy-King Foundation. Board directors, secretary board International Hospitality Center, San Francisco. President Orinda-Moraga Democratic Club, 1976.
Second lieutenant United States Army, 1917-1919. Member American Civil Liberties Union, Association Higher Education, American Society Public Administration, Alpha Kappa Lambda.
Married Anne G. Cristy, 1923 (deceased). Children: Joanne E. (Mistress James Reece Pratt III), Philip C. Married second, Jean C. Glidden, 1963.
1 daughter, Carol Rosenberg.