Aaron W. Hendry

Hendry died peacefully in his home after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He leaves behind his wife Barbara, six children, and three grandchildren. Hendry’s father, Captain F.M. Hendry, started the family business more than 90 years ago to provide oyster shells for roads and other construction projects. Over the decades, the company grew dramatically as the dredging fleet expanded and additional maritime services were performed to meet the demand for seaport and coastal development. A fourth-generation Floridian, Hendry began his career as a teenager with Hendry Corporation in 1952 as a deckhand. He worked his way through the ranks as a boatman, foreman, mate, and leverman. Knowing education was essential to the success of the family business, Hendry earned a civil engineering degree from Georgia Tech, an MBA from the University of Tampa, and also graduated from the Harvard Business School’s prestigious business owners program.