Education
Henningsen was educated at Phillips Academy, the United States. Merchant Marine Academy and Yale University, where he graduated in 1950 and was a member of Skull and Bones.
Henningsen was educated at Phillips Academy, the United States. Merchant Marine Academy and Yale University, where he graduated in 1950 and was a member of Skull and Bones.
He served in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean war zones as a midshipman, third and second mate in the merchant navy, finishing as Lieutenant (JG) in the United States Navy Reserve. He spent his entire professional career with his family"s poultry and egg company, Henningsen Foods Incorporated.
(founded 1889), from office boy to President/Chief Executive Officer. He retired in 1993 as Chairman Emeritus.
He volunteered his services to his almae matres, the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), as well as Sweet Briar College, where he was past president of the Board of Trustees. He was a past president of the Yale Club of New York City and of the American Friends of the Bermuda Maritime Museum.
Victor Henningsen served as chair of the Pelham Community Chest in his hometown of Pelham Manor, New York, as trustee/mayor of the village of Pelham Manor, co-chairman of the Pelham Town Library, and boardmember (1985-2007) and chairman of the Board of Governors of the Sound Shore Medical Center from 1991-1994. Victor Henningsen died in 2007, aged 82, in Pelham Manor.