| | Henderson was born in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], the son of Isaac Harmon Henderson and the former Ruth Ashley. He attended [[Clemson University]] in Clemson in northwestern South Carolina. He graduated from the University of Denver with a degree in advertising. He engaged in postgraduate work at [[New York University]] and completed the Advanced Management Program at [[Harvard University]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. Henderson served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.knowitall.org/legacy/laureates/james%20m.%20henderson%20.html|title=James M. Henderson (1921-1995)|publisher=knowitall.org|accessdate=May 4, 2014}}</ref> | | Henderson was born in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], the son of Isaac Harmon Henderson and the former Ruth Ashley. He attended [[Clemson University]] in Clemson in northwestern South Carolina. He graduated from the University of Denver with a degree in advertising. He engaged in postgraduate work at [[New York University]] and completed the Advanced Management Program at [[Harvard University]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. Henderson served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.knowitall.org/legacy/laureates/james%20m.%20henderson%20.html|title=James M. Henderson (1921-1995)|publisher=knowitall.org|accessdate=May 4, 2014}}</ref> |
| − | While he was a student at the University of Denver, Henderson meet his wife, the former Donna Baade (1921-2012), daughter of the late Alfred and Fern Baade. She was reared on a farm near Bennet, in Lancaster County, [[Nebraska]], attended the [[University of Nebraska]] at [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]], and taught in the Nebraska public schools.<ref name=dbhobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/greenvilleonline/obituary.aspx?pid=160701627#sthash.NTVrN3a2.dpuf|title= | + | While he was a student at the University of Denver, Henderson meet his wife, the former Donna Baade (1921-2012), daughter of the late Alfred and Fern Baade. She was reared on a farm near Bennet, in Lancaster County, [[Nebraska]], attended the University of Nebraska at [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]], and taught in the Nebraska public schools.<ref name=dbhobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/greenvilleonline/obituary.aspx?pid=160701627#sthash.NTVrN3a2.dpuf|title= |
| | Donna Baade Henderson|publisher=''The Greenville News,'' October 29, 2012|accessdate=May 3, 2014}}</ref> The Hendersons had a son, James M. Henderson, Jr., of Greenville and two daughters, Linda H. Lucas and husband Arthur M. Lucas of Atlanta, Georgia, and Debbie H. DeMint and husband [[Jim DeMint]], whom Henderson did not live to see become a Republican U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district and then [[U.S. Senator]] in 1999 and 2005, respectively.<ref name=bio/><ref name=dbhobit/> | | Donna Baade Henderson|publisher=''The Greenville News,'' October 29, 2012|accessdate=May 3, 2014}}</ref> The Hendersons had a son, James M. Henderson, Jr., of Greenville and two daughters, Linda H. Lucas and husband Arthur M. Lucas of Atlanta, Georgia, and Debbie H. DeMint and husband [[Jim DeMint]], whom Henderson did not live to see become a Republican U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district and then [[U.S. Senator]] in 1999 and 2005, respectively.<ref name=bio/><ref name=dbhobit/> |