G. Gordon Henderson, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-200204
The G. Gordon Henderson, SJ Papers contain material that reflects his spiritual life and teaching career; his graduate-level schoolwork; and his involvement in CARA (Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate).
The G. Gordon Henderson, SJ Papers are on deposit at Georgetown University and are the property of the USA East Province of the Society of Jesus. As stewards of the Archives, the Georgetown University Library’s Booth Family Center for Special Collections is responsible for managing access to the material based on policies set forth by the USA East Province. Researchers may view these materials in the Reading Room of the Booth Family Center for Special Collections. General policies for using Special Collections can be found here.
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George Gordon Henderson (1917-1987) was born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, to Thomas Gordon (1889-1975) and Leatha Mae Might (1899-1984) and raised in Baltimore alongside his nine younger siblings. After attending St. Rita’s Grammar School, Dundalk, and graduating from Loyola High School (1935), he entered the Society of Jesus at St. Andrew-on-Hudson in 1935 where he completed his novitiate and juniorate (1935-1939). He then began his philosophical studies at Inisfada (New York, 1940) before continuing them at Woodstock College (1941-1942). Between 1943 and 1944 he was teaching classical languages at St. Joseph’s High School (Philadelphia), after which he had his theology at Weston College (1945-1947) and Woodstock (1948-1949, ordained 1948) and his tertianship at Auriesville (1950). During this time he also worked on graduate studies at Boston College, receiving an MA and an MEd in 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Henderson was director of educational guidance at Loyola High School (Baltimore, 1951-1954) and subsequently teaching psychology while director of counseling at the University of Scranton (1954-1960) and Wheeling College (1960-1968). He also simultaneously completed doctoral studies with the University of Ottawa, receiving a PhD in counseling psychology in 1960. After briefly becoming the vice president for student affairs at Catholic University (1969-1970) he practiced as a psychological counselor in the Washington, DC, area while stationed at Carroll House (1970-1974). Between 1975 and 1985 he held various positions with CARA (Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate) and, as a part of his work, performed “values studies” in Liberia and Tanzania (1980) and five countries in South America (1981). At the end of his life he was administrator and father minister of the Jesuit community at Georgetown (1985-1987).
0.2 Cubic Feet (1 box)
English
Latin
Spanish
Likely transferred from the Georgetown University Jesuit residence after his death in 1987.
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository