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Leon Henderson 18951986, American economist, administrator of the Office of Price Administration (194142), b. Millville, N.J. An official of the Russell Sage Foundation (192534), Henderson held several posts as economic adviser in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt before his appointment to the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1939. After leaving the OPA, he followed a career in business.
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