Jack Benchoff
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Title
Jack Benchoff
Subject
Benchoff, John Milton "Jack" (1926-2014)
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Description
Portrait photograph of young John "Jack" Benchoff in his Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) uniform.
Jack was the son of Katharine (Hottel) and Guy Anderson Benchoff.
He graduated from Massanutten Military Academy, attended Emory & Henry College, and received his professional civil engineering degree from Rutgers University.
Jack was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Navy on the USS Tangier (AV-8) in the Pacific.
Jack applied his engineering skills around the world, working in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Peru, among other countries.
He married Carole "Posie" (Risdon) Benchoff in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1966. The couple lived in Georgia and New Jersey before settling in Posie's hometown of Warrenton, Virginia.
Jack was the son of Katharine (Hottel) and Guy Anderson Benchoff.
He graduated from Massanutten Military Academy, attended Emory & Henry College, and received his professional civil engineering degree from Rutgers University.
Jack was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Navy on the USS Tangier (AV-8) in the Pacific.
Jack applied his engineering skills around the world, working in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Peru, among other countries.
He married Carole "Posie" (Risdon) Benchoff in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1966. The couple lived in Georgia and New Jersey before settling in Posie's hometown of Warrenton, Virginia.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
c. 1937
Contributor
Subject identified in 2011 by his sister, Betty (Benchoff) Page.
Biographical information was compiled from public sources including his obituary published in the Northern Virginia Daily on Tuesday, May 19, 2015.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
John "Jack" Milton Benchoff appears in Morrison Studio Collecton numbers 004463, 012068, and 029770.
Identifier
004463
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Jack Benchoff,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed March 15, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/33404.
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