Born near Monmouth Beach NJ, live in same house in MB with wifeJoan. three children traveled with greatest musicians, my father, Andre Benoist foremost piano accompanist of time. from age 3 to 4 lived in Italy. Two terms in Lycee Carnot, Paris, as a teen. Returned to MB in 1929. Grad LBHS 1936, went to Columbia College, electrical engineering, changed to architecture in 3rd year. Summer job at Radar Laboratories, Sandy Hook NJ. Drafted went to Infantry, signal company, direction finding. No equipment, so, sent more...
