Gretchen Benchoff
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Title
Gretchen Benchoff
Subject
Benchoff, Gretchen Rebecca (1949-2012)
Description
Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Gretchen Rebecca Benchoff.
She was the daughter of Robert Johnston Benchoff, headmaster of Massanutten Military Academy, and Jean (Sine) Benchoff.
She graduated from Central High School, Woodstock, Va., and received both a B.M. and an M.M. from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
An image similar to these two was used in the 1967 Central High School yearbook because Gretchen, as a Senior, won the DAR Good Citizenship Award that year.
From 1974-2002, Gretchen was on the college faculty, the preparatory faculty and was chair of the Music Theory Department at Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.
From 1981-2005, she was employed by Dunbar Armored Inc., in Hunt Valley, Md., as vice president of Human Resources. At the end of her career, she worked part-time in a human resource capacity at Towson Pharmacy, Towson, Md.
Gretchen never married and was buried in Woodstock, Virginia.
She was the daughter of Robert Johnston Benchoff, headmaster of Massanutten Military Academy, and Jean (Sine) Benchoff.
She graduated from Central High School, Woodstock, Va., and received both a B.M. and an M.M. from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
An image similar to these two was used in the 1967 Central High School yearbook because Gretchen, as a Senior, won the DAR Good Citizenship Award that year.
From 1974-2002, Gretchen was on the college faculty, the preparatory faculty and was chair of the Music Theory Department at Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.
From 1981-2005, she was employed by Dunbar Armored Inc., in Hunt Valley, Md., as vice president of Human Resources. At the end of her career, she worked part-time in a human resource capacity at Towson Pharmacy, Towson, Md.
Gretchen never married and was buried in Woodstock, Virginia.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified in 2026 by Katharine Schindler.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Gretchen R. Benchoff appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 030501, 030601, 030975, and 031846.
Identifier
031846
Original Format
Film Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Gretchen Benchoff,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed March 28, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/79132.
Comments
Kate Schindler
This is a photograph of Gretchen Rebecca Benchoff.