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Joseph Welles Henderson

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Preceded by
  
Horace Hildreth

Died
  
July 25, 1957

Name
  
Joseph Henderson

Profession
  
lawyer


Joseph Welles Henderson Joseph Welles Henderson 1899 1957 Find A Grave Memorial

Alma mater
  
Bucknell University; Harvard Law School

Education
  
Harvard Law School, Bucknell University

Succeeded by
  
Merle Middleton Odgers

Joseph Welles Henderson (February 6, 1890 – July 25, 1957), born in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, was acting president of Bucknell University from 1953–54.

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Education

Henderson received his A.B. and master's degrees from Bucknell, and his law degree from Harvard Law School (1913).

Career

Henderson became a partner in Rawle & Henderson LLP in Philadelphia in 1917 (his fourth year at the firm). He worked in the firm's Admiralty law practice. He was a member of the Board of Philadelphia City Trusts. Henderson was the 67th president of the American Bar Association, from 1943–44, elected by a unanimous vote of the House of Delegates.

In addition to being acting president at Bucknell from 1953–54, Henderson was president of the Union League in 1955 and 1956.

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Joseph Welles Henderson Wikipedia