Clarance Henson (radio entrepreneur)
Clarance Edward Henson (1916–2003) was a radio engineer, entrepreneur and wartime developer of Long Range Navigational Radar (LORAN). He was born in Oil City, Louisiana, in 1916, to Louisa and Samuel Henson. After Samuel's death in 1921, Henson moved frequently, growing up in Smackover, Arkansas, Palestine, Longview, Henderson, and Kilgore in Texas before graduating from high school in Fort Smith, Arkansas.