John F. Henning

Biography

1999-June 2009: Chair, The John F. Henning Center for International Labor Relations, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California (John F. Henning Center for International Labor Relations at UC Berkeley - henningcenter.berkeley.edu/)
July 1996-June 2009: Executive Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus, California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
1949-1996: California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO (with leaves of absence for state and federal government service)
1970-1996: Executive Secretary-Treasurer (principal officer), California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
1997-1989: Regent of the University of California
1967-1969: United States Ambassador to New Zealand
1962-1967: United States Under Secretary of Labor
1959-1962: Director, California Department of Industrial Relations
1949-1959: Administrative Assistant to the Executive Secretary-Treasurer, California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO

Chair, The John F. Henning Center for International Labor Relations, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California (1999- Present)
John F. Henning Institute, St. Mary’s College of California (1997-Present)
Annual John F. Henning Conference on Catholic Social Thought, St. Mary’s College of California (1997-Present)
Recipient of the 1986 Ellis Island Medal of Honor
Honorary Doctorate, St. Anselm’s College, New Hampshire
Honorary Doctorate, St. Bonaventure University, New York
Honorary Doctorate, St. Mary’s College of California
Past President, Board of Permit Appeals, City & County of San Francisco
Past President, St. Mary’s College Alumni Association
Past President, San Francisco Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Men
Past Member, Public Welfare Commission, City & County of San Francisco
Past Member, Fair Employment Practices Commission, City & County of San Francisco
Former Regent, University of California
Former Regent, Lone Mountain College, San Francisco
Former Member, Board of Trustees, St. Mary’s College