{"id":4644,"date":"2012-09-18T11:20:28","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T15:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/alumni\/?p=2415"},"modified":"2026-03-11T19:05:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:05:37","slug":"former-uf-coe-alum-dr-charles-henderson-dies-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/alumni\/2012\/09\/18\/former-uf-coe-alum-dr-charles-henderson-dies-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UF COE Alum, Dr. Charles Henderson, dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]Dr. Charles Henderson passed away on July 13, 2012 at his home in Jacksonville, Florida at the age of 85.\u00a0 Born in Gainesville, Florida, Dr. Henderson earned his Doctorate in Education from the University of Florida in 1967.\u00a0 He also served in the U.S. Navy during World War ll.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Henderson was the principal of the UF College of Education&#8217;s P.K. Yonge Laboratory School and a professor in UF&#8217;s College of Education Department of Instruction and Curriculum for 21 years.\u00a0 In 1985, he retired early as professor emeritus, but continued to teach part time until 1998.\u00a0 Dr. Henderson was a member of the team that established the Florida Association for Staff Development and he was presented the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Florida Educational Leadership Award in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Ann Messer Henderson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legacy.com\/obituaries\/timesunion\/obituary.aspx?pid=158586218#fbLoggedOut\">The Florida Times-Union obituary for Charles Henderson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/alumni\/2012\/09\/18\/former-uf-coe-alum-dr-charles-henderson-dies\/attachment\/62102576\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2509\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2509\" title=\"62102576\" src=\"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/alumni\/files\/2012\/09\/62102576.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Charles Henderson\" width=\"277\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Charles Henderson passed away on July 13, 2012 at his home in Jacksonville, Florida at the age of 85.  Born in Gainesville, Florida, Dr. Henderson earned his Doctorate in Education from the University of Florida in 1967.  He also served in the U.S. Navy during World War ll.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/alumni\/2012\/09\/18\/former-uf-coe-alum-dr-charles-henderson-dies\/attachment\/62102576\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2509\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2509\" title=\"62102576\" src=\"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/alumni\/files\/2012\/09\/62102576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Dr. Charles Henderson passed away on July 13, 2012 at his home in Jacksonville, Florida at the age of 85.\u00a0 Born in Gainesville, Florida, Dr. Henderson earned his Doctorate in Education from the University of Florida in 1967.\u00a0 He also served in the U.S. Navy during World War ll.\r\n\r\nDr. Henderson was the principal of the UF College of Education's P.K. Yonge Laboratory School and a professor in UF's College of Education Department of Instruction and Curriculum for 21 years.\u00a0 In 1985, he retired early as professor emeritus, but continued to teach part time until 1998.\u00a0 Dr. Henderson was a member of the team that established the Florida Association for Staff Development and he was presented the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Florida Educational Leadership Award in 2000.\r\n\r\nHe is survived by his wife of 61 years, Ann Messer Henderson.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legacy.com\/obituaries\/timesunion\/obituary.aspx?pid=158586218#fbLoggedOut\">The Florida Times-Union obituary for Charles Henderson<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/alumni\/2012\/09\/18\/former-uf-coe-alum-dr-charles-henderson-dies\/attachment\/62102576\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2509\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2509\" title=\"62102576\" src=\"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/alumni\/files\/2012\/09\/62102576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.0 (Yoast SEO v22.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former UF COE Alum, Dr. Charles Henderson, dies - Alumni<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/alumni\/2012\/09\/18\/former-uf-coe-alum-dr-charles-henderson-dies-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former UF COE Alum, Dr. Charles Henderson, dies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Charles Henderson passed away on July 13, 2012 at his home in Jacksonville, Florida at the age of 85. 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