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Paul Brentwood Henry (
July 9,
1942 –
July 31,
1993) was an
evangelical Christian,
professor of
political science and
politician from the
U.S. state of
Michigan.
Henry was born in
Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Pasadena High School,
Pasadena, California, in 1959. He received a
B.A. from
Wheaton College,
Wheaton, Illinois in 1963. Henry was a
Peace Corps volunteer in
Liberia and
Ethiopia from 1963 to 1965. He earned a
MA from
Duke University,
Durham, North Carolina in 1968, a
Ph.D. from Duke in 1970 and was professor of political science at
Calvin College in
Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1970 to 1978.
While at Calvin College, Henry was a member of the Michigan State Board of Education from 1975 to 1978. He left the college to serve in the
Michigan State House of Representatives from 1979 to 1982. He served in the
Michigan State Senate from 1983 to 1984. In 1984, Henry was elected as a
Republican from
Michigan's 5th congressional district to the
United States House of Representatives for the
99th and to the four succeeding Congresses. After
redistricting following the
1990 Census, he was elected from
Michigan's 3rd congressional district in 1992. Henry served in Congress from
January 3,
1985, until his death (due to a
brain tumor) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in Grand Rapids. He was succeeded in Congress by
Vernon James Ehlers.
M-6, a freeway on the south side of Grand Rapids connecting
Interstate 96 and
Interstate 196, was named the
Paul B. Henry Freeway. Construction on the highway began in 1997 and was completed in 2004.
Calvin College established
The Paul B. Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics in 1997 to continue the work of integrating Christian faith and politics advanced by its namesake.
Grand Valley State University's Allendale Campus has a building called Henry Hall, part of the Life Sciences Complex of buildings, which consists of Loutit Lecture Halls, Henry Hall, Student Services Building, and Padnos Hall of Science.
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