Paul Brentwood Henry (July 9, 1942 – July 31, 1993) was an American professor of political science and politician from Michigan. He was elected to five terms and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 until his death from brain cancer in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1993. Early life and career Henry was born in Chicago and graduated from Pasadena High School, Pasadena, California, in 1959. His father Carl F. H. Henry, noted theologian, was one of the founders of Fuller Theological Seminary and the founding editor of Christianity Today. His mother, author Helga Bender Henry, was born in Cameroon, West Africa, the daughter of German born American missionaries. Henry received a B.A. from Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois in 1963, and then was a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia and Ethiopia from 1963 to 1965. Upon returning to the United States, he attended graduate school at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, earning a M.A. in 1968, and a PhD in 1970. Henry was professor of political science at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1970 to 1978. Political career From 1965 to 1970, while he was a graduate student at Duke, Henry served two stints as a staffer for Congressman John B. Anderson (R-IL). During 1968 and 1969, while Anderson was the third-ranking Republican in Congress, Henry's job involved promoting good communication within the party caucus. In 1974, after Henry had been at Calvin College for several years, Democrat Richard Vander Veen won the congressional seat centered on Grand Rapids, long held by Gerald Ford, in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Henry was subsequently asked to provide new direction to the Kent County Republican Party as its new chairman. The following year, Henry was appointed by Governor William Milliken to the Michigan State Board of Education, on which he served from 1975 to 1978. Henry ran for an open seat in the Michigan State House of Representatives in 1978 and served in that body from 1979 to 1982, then moving up to serve one term in the Michigan State Senate. Tenure in Congress In 1984, Henry was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 5th District to the U.S. House of Representatives, winning the open seat being vacated by Republican Congressman Harold S. Sawyer. The Grand Rapids-based district had historically been a Republican stronghold, but had fallen into Democratic hands after longtime congressman and House Minority Leader