Herbert Henryson II ’62

Herb died Sept. 23, 2022, at his home in Middlebury, Vt.

Graduating from Lawrence High School in Lawrence, N.Y., at Princeton, Herb majored in chemical engineering and was a member of Dial Lodge. He then earned a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering at UC Berkeley. 

While in California, he took part in the Free Speech Movement and met his wife, Maxine, whom he married in 1965. They went to London on a Fulbright. In his second year there, he worked for the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Returning home in 1968, Herb worked at Argonne National Laboratory in advanced nuclear physics near Chicago. 

After years as a senior scientist, Herb decided to change careers, earning a law degree from the University of Chicago Law School while still working at Argonne. The family moved to New York City, where he worked in corporate law, becoming an expert in mergers and acquisitions. Herb enjoyed poetry, fiction, sudoku, and the New York Yankees.

He is survived by his wife, Maxine; two sons, Dylan ’92 and Stefan; and six grandchildren. The class extends its condolences to all.