James L. Henshaw ’65

Jim died May 25, 2012, at Memorial Hospital in Abington, Pa., from Parkinson’s disease.

Jim was valedictorian of his class at Orchard Park High School near Buffalo. At Princeton he was a University Scholar, took his meals at the Woodrow Wilson Society, and majored in astronomy. He later received a master’s degree in astrophysics from Cornell. He spent his career in the Buffalo area with several computer-software companies and later as administrator of a Wesleyan church.

Jim’s life was defined by his deep Christian faith. He was secretary of the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship, to which his roommates John Andrews and Jim Montgomery also belonged. At the time of his death he was a member of Faith Bible Fellowship Church in Harleysville, Pa.

His Princeton experience was defined in part by learning to appreciate classical music, which became a lifelong passion, and by a conviction that coeducation and a stronger focus by the faculty on teaching rather than research and publishing would provide more substance to the University’s education.

He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Joyce; sons William, David, and Benjamin; and four grandchildren. The class sends condolences to his family on the loss of this fine man who was taken from us too soon.