Dedication of Gordon D. Bowman Stadium

Dedication of Gordon D. Bowman Stadium

Massanutten Military Academies (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)

Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock

Bowman, Gordon Derwood Sr. (1906-1975)

Benchoff, Robert Johnston (1909-1968)

Gordon Bowman, Sr. (far left), MMA Headmaster Robert J. Benchoff (2nd from left) and other unidentified dignitaries from Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) in Woodstock attend the 1954 dedication of the Gordon D. Bowman stadium on the MMA campus.

Morrison Studio

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Shenandoah County Library

Undated

Gordon Bowman was identified in 2017 by Ray Tisenger.

Robert J. Benchoff was identified in 2025 by library staff based on other images and his name tag.

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The three individuals in front and the two unidentified women seated at the back of the platform appear in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 029271, 029274, 029283, and 029296.

Gordon Bowman, Sr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 020220, 028390, 028842, 028910, 029271, 029274, 029283, and 029296.

Robert J. Benchoff appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001696, 003961, 005072, 006321, 007054, 008093, 008536, 010945, 012978, 015782, 016974, 016975, 018537, 020057, 020068, 020080, 020082, 020114, 020130, 020132, 020135, 020156, 020159, 020160, 020161, 020164, 020276, 020287, 020316, 027541, 028383, 029271, 029272, 029283, 029296, 029536, 029859, 029865, and 029959.

Additional images from this 1954 dedication ceremony at MMA appear in Morrison Studio Collection images 029291, 029292, 029309, 029313, and 029320.

029271

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