Frederick C. Henderschott

Frederick Chauncey (Fred) Henderschott (February 12, 1870 – March 30, 1934) was an American journalist, educator, and executive at the New York Edison Company, and later American Management Association. Henderschott and Lee Galloway of the New York University are considered the prime movers of The National Association of Corporation Schools, predecessor of the American Management Association.

Biography Youth, education and early career Henderschott was born in 1870 in Tecumseh, Michigan, to William Henderschott and Ellen (Knickerbocker) Henderschott.

In 1912–13 Henderschott and Lee Galloway of the New York University were the prime movers of The National Association of Corporation Schools, initiated at a conference held at New York University on January 24, 1913.

By 1920 he was managing director of The National Association of Corporation Schools under the president L.L. Park. In August 1920 the original association was turned into the National Association of Corporation Training, with Henderschott as managing director. In 1922 this association merged with the Industrial Relations Association of America, founded in 1918, into the American Management Association.

By 1928 Henderschott was managing director of the American Management Association under the presidency of W. W. Kincaid.

Personal and death Henderschott had married Helen Blanchard on December 25, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois, and they had three children. Henderschott died at home in Pelham, New York in Westchester County on March 30, 1934, from the effects of stroke suffered a year earlier.

Work The National Association of Corporation Schools In 1913 Henderschott, at the time educational director of the New York Edison Company, explained about the origin of The National Association of Corporation Schools, founded earlier that year. He explained:

"The idea of a national association of corporations maintaining or desiring to establish educational courses for their employees grew out of the experience of the New York Edison Company's commercial school. This company has for some years conducted free technical courses out of working hours at which attendance was optional, but the business-getting end of the industry had received little attention. In organizing a school for its salesmen the company found an enormous task on its hands. Being desirous of having the best salesmen possible, it was willing to spend large sums to perfect educational courses. A thorough canvass of existing practices in training employees for effective service was made and many corporation schools were visited. On the basis of these studies an educational system, involving lectures by experts and examinations based thereon, was inaugurated, and proved successful from the start..."

And furthermore: "The difficulty experienced by the Edison Company in securing data on corporation schools suggested the possibilities of an association that would act as a clearing house for corporations which, seeing the advantages to be gained by educating their employees, wish to start schools. Such an association should be of great assistance in improving and enlarging courses already started and increasing the efficiency of administration of these courses..."

The first national convention of the association was held in September that year in Dayton, Ohio, under the auspices of the National Cash Register Company. in the first year already 30+ major corporations had joined, with in total over 500.000 employees.

Selected publications Nelson, Dora, and Henderschott, Frederick C. Her strange marriage: or, wedded to one, but loving another : a story of intense heart interest / written in collaboration by Mrs. Dora Nelson and F.C. Henderschott. New York : J.S. Ogilvie Pub. Co., 1908. Henderschott, Frederic C., and Frank Ervan Weakly. The employment department and employee relations. La Salle Extension University, 1918.

Articles, a selection Henderschott, F. C. "The National Association of Corporation Schools." Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers 32.2 (1913): 1413–1416. Henderschott. "Methods of selecting men in business, in: Bulletin. The National Association of Corporation Schools. Vol. 1, no.1-6 (inc.) (1914). p. 31-45 Henderschott, F. C. "Psychology and business." Journal of Applied Psychology 1.3 (1917): 214. Henderschott, F. C., et al. "Open Discussion." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 57 (1915): 297–303.