At the end of World War II, he served as director of English at Biarritz American University in France, a temporary college set up for G.I.s awaiting de-mobilization.
[4] He would serve as president there until 1951, dismissed by the board of trustees after accusing a student, a dean, and the local postmaster of being Communists.
Mark Hopkins College was accredited by the State of Vermont and authorized to grant bachelor's degrees.
[10] Tom Ragle, who later served as President of Marlboro College, noted that Hendricks was "a promoter and a good, even master teacher - I never heard his most inveterate opponents deny this."
Similarly, one student, many years later, reflected that Mark Hopkins College failed because Hendricks was a poor manager.