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Algo Henderson received a bachelor of laws (L.L.B.) from the University of Kansas and his M.B.A. from Harvard. He aspired to public accountancy and
held a CPA rating, but in 1925 he was persuaded by Arthur Morgan
to join the Antioch faculty as professor of accounting. Henderson's Antioch career
evolved rapidly into administration; he became business manager within two years and dean
of the College by 1930. Forced to take charge when Morgan left Yellow Springs for
the TVA in 1934, he was installed as Antioch's 12th
president in 1936. Under Henderson the College developed the democratic governance
principles for which it is renowned. After leading Antioch out of the Great
Depression and through the Second World War, he served on President Truman's Commission on
Higher Education, launching a second career in the study of higher education. |
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