Joseph William Hendren ’25 *34

JOE HENDREN was born in Philadelphia on Feb. 24, 1901, and died in St. Cloud, Fla., the day after his 92nd birthday, Feb. 25, 1993.

He came to us from Mt. Hermon School. He worked his way through college, and many of us remember him as a captain in Commons. He won the Alden Memorial Debating prize in Clio and was a member of Arbor Inn.

Joe obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in English from Princeton and joined the faculty of Rice Univ. in Houston. He later taught at Dublin School in Dublin, N.H., and Western Maryland College. Among his professional memberships were the Modern Language Assn., the Texas Folklore Society, the American Assn. of Professors, and the College English Associates.

After retirement in 1966, he and Alice (nee Bohn), whom he married in 1931, moved to St. Cloud. His daughter Jean Shaffer writes, "He and Mother did a lot of camping around Florida, and Dad devoted much time to his paintinga lifelong hobby. He exhibited in local art shows and a number of his paintings were sold. He was an accomplished musician on the piano, violin, and guitar and was something of an authority on the English ballad. His book entitled A STUDY OF BALLAD RHYTHM AND Music was recognized as definitive in its field. He was a wonderful man and is leaving a void in many lives. He was proud to have been a 'Princeton Man'."

He is survived by his widow, daughters Jean Shaffer and Mary Schumaker, five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

The Class of 1925