Thomas J. Henderson (2 March 1931 – 14 February 2005) was an American activist and business manager.
Henderson was born in
Winona, Minnesota and attended
Amherst College
Amherst College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher educatio ...
before receiving a BS and MS from
MIT. He worked in the construction trade for many years, becoming CEO of Guy F. Atkinson Co. He was involved in numerous large construction projects, including the
Big Dig of Boston and the
Oakland-Alameda Coliseum.
Henderson also served as the president of the local chapter of
PFLAG, the chairman of the
Pacific School of Religion, and the national chairman of the
YMCA. His wife, Mitzi Henderson, was the national president of
PFLAG in the early 1990s.
External links
Press release of his appointment to YMCA chair
1931 births
2005 deaths
American construction businesspeople
American activists
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20th-century American businesspeople
YMCA leaders