Background
Benson, Charles Everett was born on December 15, 1937 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles Prue Junior and Virginia Elizabeth (Zindorf) Benson.
Benson, Charles Everett was born on December 15, 1937 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles Prue Junior and Virginia Elizabeth (Zindorf) Benson.
AB, Franklin College, 1960. Master of Science, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Wake Forest University, 1969.
Master of Science (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1985.
Teacher, Dayton Public Schools, 1960-1961; research assistant, Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, 1963-1965; assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania School Allied Medical Professions, Philadelphia, 1975-1980; associate professor, University of Pennsylvania School Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, 1980-1988; professor, University of Pennsylvania School Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, since 1988; department chairman clinical studies, University of Pennsylvania School Veterinary Medicine, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, 1989-1994; chief of services, Diagnostic Veterinary Microbiology associate director NBC-PADLS, chairman animal health services committee, since 1997.
President Haddonfield (New Jersey) Republican Party, 1982-1985, president Haddonfield Friends of the Library., 1986-1990. Chairman Haddonfield United Methodist Church Nursery School Committee, 1980-1988. Cubmaster Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts American, Haddonfield, 1985-1989, Chairman troop committee since 1989.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Microbiology (fellowship 1969), Society for General Microbiology, New York Academy of Sciences, United States Animal Health Association, American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Lions Club, Sigma Chi Alpha.
Married Gail Elizabeth Smith, June 5, 1960. Children: Deborah Elizabeth, Charles Nathaniel.