(1925-2010) was an attorney, business executive, sailor and member of the Miami Lighthouse Board.
A native of Australia, John Henderson came to the U.S. with his parents as a child and settled in Brooklyn.
As a young lawyer and naval officer he worked as counsel to the Secretary of Defense, writing memos for then President Harry S. Truman.
After government service he became a corporate attorney when he was stricken retinitis pigmentosa and lost his sight.
His longest journey was from his home in Providence, Rhode Island to South Florida after retiring.