page_title: Alexander D. Henderson Jr.
section_title: California Perfume Company
hierarchical_section_title: Alexander D. Henderson Jr. / Professional life / California Perfume Company
caption_attribution_description: English: This is an picture of Alexander D. Henderson, Jr. when he was early 30's, when he was working for the California Perfume Company.
context_page_description: Alexander Dawson Henderson Jr., was a business leader, financier and philanthropist, and long-time mayor of Hillsboro Beach, Florida. He was Vice President and Director of the California Perfume Company, which later became Avon Products. He created the Hillsboro Country Day School in Hillsboro Beach.
context_section_description: Henderson started working for the California Perfume Company (CPC) in 1919 in the shipping department. By 1925, Henderson had become vice president and a Director of CPC in charge of purchases.
  On October 6, 1939, The California Perfume Company changed its name to Allied Products and then, in 1939, to Avon Products Inc.
  On December 17, 1935, Henderson's mother created a holding company called the Alexander Dawson Inc. (ADI), which was named after her husband, Alexander D. Henderson Sr. The certificate of incorporation of the company was filed with the Secretary of State of Trenton, New Jersey. Ella B. Henderson, Alexander D. Henderson, and Girard B. Henderson were the directors. ADI is still in existence today and is located in Las Vegas, Nevada. 
  On April 12, 1940, it was reported that Henderson had resigned as vice-president of the Allied Products Company of Suffern, after 23 years of service. He would remain a director of the company. He was going to work with a boyhood friend, Sanford M.
caption: Alexander D. Henderson, Jr, in 1927.
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