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Algo Donmyer Henderson (April 26, 1897October 20, 1988)〔("ALGO HENDERSON (1897-1988)", SSDI )〕 was an educator, administrator, and author. He served as the president of Antioch College and is associated with their shared governance model. He was a chief planner of the State University of New York. == Early life and career == Algo Donmyer Henderson was born in 1897 in Solomon, Kansas,〔 where his family lived on a farm.〔 He was a second lieutenant in World War I.〔 Henderson worked several jobs to fund his higher education, and attended five colleges.〔 He graduated with University of Kansas law and Harvard University business degrees.〔 In 1936, he became the president of Antioch College, a Yellow Springs, Ohio experimental college〔 He had been the executive vice president and acting president from 1934 until then.〔 At 39, he was among the youngest American college presidents.〔 He started a bronze foundry at Antioch to teach students small business management.〔 Henderson is credited for Antioch's shared governance between faculty and administrators.〔 In the late 1940s, Henderson became the associate director of the commission for creating a state university in New York State, leading to the State University of New York and public community colleges.〔 In 1947, Henderson left Antioch's presidency〔 to serve New York State as the associate education commissioner until 1950.〔 Upon his resignation, he joined the University of Michigan as a professor and began the first U.S. doctoral program for higher education administration.〔 He retired from Michigan in 1967〔 whereupon he and his wife moved to Orinda, California when she became dean of admissions at California College of Arts and Crafts.〔 Henderson joined the University of California, Berkeley as a research educator.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Algo Henderson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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