By gubernatorial appointment, Dr. Henry served on many commissions and boards in Maryland, including Board of Managers, Cheltenham (president, 1947-1974), Commission to Study Hospital Costs in Maryland, Southern Regional Educational Board, Maryland Commission of Aging, Maryland Commission for Children and Youth, J. Millard Tawes Library Foundation, and many others. His dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania was "Education to Meet the Needs of the Negro in Maryland." Under his administration marked improvements were made at Bowie State College, and success was achieved in integration in reverse in all areas: faculty, staff, and student body.
Sources
Truitt, Reginald V, and Millard G. Les Callette. Worcester County Maryland's Arcadia, Bicentennial Edition. Snow Hill, Maryland: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977. 542-43.
Stephen H. Long
(1865-1921) Defender of Education
Although he was born in Pocomoke in 1865 and orphaned, he was raised by an uncle in Boston and educated as a lawyer. He chose instead to return to Pocomoke to use his education and talents to help young people. Long began his teaching career in Somerset County, Maryland. He became the principal of the Pocomoke Grammar School. In 1914, he became the first African-American school supervisor in Worcester County.
He began several model programs for African-American youth and extended education for older children who were no longer required to attend school. Because of his efforts to ensure that orphan boys used as farm labor received the education to which they were entitled, Long was murdered on 13 September 1921. As a result of his work, a service organization, the Stephen H. Long Guild, was formed in his honor in 1980 to provide financial assistance for the education of African-American youngsters.
Source
"Worcester County, Maryland African-American Heritage" Tourist Brochure. Worcester County Tourism Office.
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