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Charles Henderson Obituary
March 13, 1929 - March 31, 2023
Durham, North Carolina - Charles Henderson died at age 94 on March 31, 2023 of natural causes, with his loving family, his amazing medical care team and home health nurses by his side at the Croasdaile Village skilled nursing facility, The Pavilion. He was pre-deceased by his wife of 65 years, Ann Henderson in February 2020 and a grandson Robert Korecky in 2011.
He earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Purdue University and an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The couple married and moved to Alexandria, Virginia where Charlie began a career as a rocket scientist with Atlantic Research Corporation (ARC). Charlie and Ann are survived by three children: Katherine (James Korecky), Roger (Alice), and Sally, by 3 loving grandchildren and by 6 great-grandchildren. He never missed a family event. Technology was his lifelong passion. He designed and oversaw many projects including solid rocket propellants and coal slurries for pipeline transport. In his career he served as Vice President of Research and Technology at ARC, and led a team of scientists, whose discoveries and innovations greatly benefitted the aerospace industry.
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