1938: Graduate of Saint Mary's College of California
1949-1959: Administrative Assistant to the Executive Secretary-Treasurer, California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
1959-1962: Director, California Department of Industrial Relations
1962-1967: United States Under Secretary of Labor
1967-1969: United States Ambassador to New Zealand
1970-1996: Executive Secretary-Treasurer (principal officer), California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
1989-1997: Regent of the University of California
July 1996-June 2009: Executive Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus, California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
1999-June 2009: Chair, The John F. Henning Center for International Labor Relations, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley
Honors & Public Service Activities
Chair, The John F. Henning Center for International Labor Relations, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California (1999-2009)
John F. Henning Institute, Saint Mary’s College of California (founded in his honor, 1997)
Annual John F. Henning Conference on Catholic Social Thought, Saint Mary’s College of California (from 1997)
Recipient of the 1986 Ellis Island Medal of Honor
Honorary Doctorate, Saint Anselm College, New Hampshire
Honorary Doctorate, St. Bonaventure University, New York
Honorary Doctorate, Saint Mary’s College of California
Past President, Board of Permit Appeals, City & County of San Francisco
Past President, Saint 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, Saint Mary’s College
