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Bush">George W. Bush</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marvin_Travis_Runyon" title="Marvin Travis Runyon">Marvin Travis Runyon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_E._Potter" title="John E. Potter">John E. Potter</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1947-06-16</span>) </span>June 16, 1947<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 77)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_post_office_in_Lexington_Market_Center,_Baltimore_held_a_ribbon_cutting_ceremony_to_announce_automated_teller_machines_(ATMs)_in_post_offices.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/A_post_office_in_Lexington_Market_Center%2C_Baltimore_held_a_ribbon_cutting_ceremony_to_announce_automated_teller_machines_%28ATMs%29_in_post_offices.jpg/220px-A_post_office_in_Lexington_Market_Center%2C_Baltimore_held_a_ribbon_cutting_ceremony_to_announce_automated_teller_machines_%28ATMs%29_in_post_offices.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/A_post_office_in_Lexington_Market_Center%2C_Baltimore_held_a_ribbon_cutting_ceremony_to_announce_automated_teller_machines_%28ATMs%29_in_post_offices.jpg/330px-A_post_office_in_Lexington_Market_Center%2C_Baltimore_held_a_ribbon_cutting_ceremony_to_announce_automated_teller_machines_%28ATMs%29_in_post_offices.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/A_post_office_in_Lexington_Market_Center%2C_Baltimore_held_a_ribbon_cutting_ceremony_to_announce_automated_teller_machines_%28ATMs%29_in_post_offices.jpg/440px-A_post_office_in_Lexington_Market_Center%2C_Baltimore_held_a_ribbon_cutting_ceremony_to_announce_automated_teller_machines_%28ATMs%29_in_post_offices.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="426" /></a><figcaption>Henderson (left) at a ribbon cutting ceremony to announce ATMs in post offices (1999)</figcaption></figure> <p><b>William J. Henderson</b> (born June 16, 1947) served as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postmaster_General" title="United States Postmaster General">United States Postmaster General</a> from 1998 to 2001. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_J._Henderson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Henderson graduated with a degree in industrial relations from <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-veteransadvantage_henderson_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-veteransadvantage_henderson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_J._Henderson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Henderson served in the U.S. Army.<sup id="cite_ref-veteransadvantage_henderson_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-veteransadvantage_henderson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After many years of rising through the ranks of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">United States Postal Service</a>, Henderson was appointed as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postmaster_General" title="United States Postmaster General">United States Postmaster General</a> by the Governors of the U.S. Postal Service, effective May 16, 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the fifth career employee to lead the world's largest postal system.<sup id="cite_ref-veteransadvantage_henderson_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-veteransadvantage_henderson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 31, 2001, Henderson's contract as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postmaster_General" title="United States Postmaster General">United States Postmaster General</a> expired and he stepped down.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2006, Henderson became the chief operations officer at <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-veteransadvantage_henderson_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-veteransadvantage_henderson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Henderson is a director of <a href="/wiki/LiveRamp" title="LiveRamp">LiveRamp</a>. His total 2010 remuneration for this role was $100,000.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, Henderson founded Hold The Eye Images, Inc.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_J._Henderson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1997 <a href="/wiki/John_Wanamaker" title="John Wanamaker">John Wanamaker</a> Award from USPS.<sup id="cite_ref-veteransadvantage_henderson_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-veteransadvantage_henderson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1998 <a href="/wiki/Roger_W._Jones_Award_for_Executive_Leadership" title="Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership">Roger W. Jones Award</a> from American University.<sup id="cite_ref-veteransadvantage_henderson_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-veteransadvantage_henderson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1998 Honorary Mailing Excellence Award from National Postal Forum.<sup id="cite_ref-veteransadvantage_henderson_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-veteransadvantage_henderson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2000 elected as a fellow of the <a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Public_Administration_(United_States)" title="National Academy of Public Administration (United States)">National Academy of Public Administration.</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_J._Henderson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Henderson enjoys photography.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_J._Henderson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Henderson's Photography Blog on typepad.com</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #bebebe;">Government offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Marvin_T._Runyon" class="mw-redirect" title="Marvin T. Runyon">Marvin T. Runyon</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postmaster_General" title="United States Postmaster General">United States Postmaster General</a> </b><br />May 16, 1998 – June 1, 2001 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_E._Potter" title="John E. Potter">John E. 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