Biography

VITA Robert A. Henderson Department of Special Education, College of Education University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Zero time appointments in Educational Administration, and Rehabilitation) 1310 South Sixth St., Champaign, IL 61801 217:333-0260 Degree Status: Degree Institution A.B. University of California, Berkeley 1947 Social Science M.A. San Francisco State College 1950 Educ. of M.R. Ed.D. University of Illinois, Urbana 1957 Special Education Professional Experience: Agency Dates Classroom Teacher Analy Union High School 1947-1948 Sebastopol, California Teacher-Principal Oak Grove Elementary School 1948-1949 Graton, California Head Teacher Terminal Program for M.R. Students 1952-1954 Stockton, California Teaching/Research Institute for Research on Exceptional 1954-1956 Assistant Children University of Illinois, Urbana Research Fellow Institute for Research on Exceptional 1956-1957 U.S. Public Health Children Service University of Illinois, Urbana Assistant Professor University of Connecticut, Storrs 1957-1958 Consultant Bureau of Special Education, 1958-1962 California State Dept. of Education Sacramento, California Associate Professor Department of Special Education and 1962-1965 Institute for Research on Exceptional Children University of Illinois, Urbana Executive Officer Institute for Research on Exceptional 1964-1971 Children University of Illinois, Urbana Chairman Department of Special Education 1964-1971 & University of Illinois, Urbana 1981-1987 Professor Department of Special Education 1965-Present Department of Administration, Higher and Continuing Education 1965-Present Rehabilitation-Education Services 1986-Present Special Consultant Deputy Superintendent of Education 1975, Fall Illinois Office of Education Semester Springfield, Illinois (on leave from University of Illinois) Visiting Scholar Ministry of Education in New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, and Victoria (3 months each) 1987-88 (on sabbatical leave) Membership in Professional Organizations: Fellow of the Royal Society of Health Fellow, American Association on Mental Retardation Life Member, Council for Exceptional Children Founding President, San Joaquin Chapter, CEC, 1954-1955 President, Illini Chapter, CEC, 1965-1966 President, Teacher Education Division, CEC, 1973-1974 Founding President, Division of International Special Education and Services, CEC, 1990-92. Life Member, National Education Association Member, Phi Delta Kappa [Faculty Advisory, Pi Chapter, 1975-1986] Member, National Society for the Study of Education Member, Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration President, Foundation for Exceptional Children, 1984-1985 Professional Activities: Abstractor for Exerpta Medica Consulting Editor, Journal of Educational Research, 1964-1967 Associate Editor, Exceptional Children, 1966-1982 Member, Illinois State Advisory Council for Public Law 88-164, 1968-1975 Member, Ad Hoc Advisory Committee to Division of Training Programs, Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, USOE, 1966-1969 Ed Research Consultant, Collaborative Study of Children Treated for Phenylketonuria, 1967-1983 Ed. Research Consultant, Collaborative Study of Maternal PKU, 1986-Present Member, Resource Council of the Illinois Council for Disability Rights, 1980-Present Member, Research Advisory Committee, Developmental Services Center, Champaign, 1972-Present