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Will Henry Bennett (né Henry William Benjamin Bennett, Jr.; born 6 September 1907 Charleston, South Carolina – died 20 March 1980 Houston, Texas) was an American music educator at the collegiate level widely known as the director of the Prairie View Co-eds, an all-female collegiate swing band that flourished regionally and nationally in the 1940s.

Career
After serving as director of music at Prairie View A&M College, Bennett, around 1949, became director of bands at Liberty Training School, in Liberty, Texas.

Lyman Bennett

 * Lyman Bennett, was a shirt manufacturer in Troy, New York. (1801 Rindge, New Hampshire – 9 February 9 Troy, New York. In 1877, he contributed $5,000 to Syracuse University. When he founded Bennett College, it was known as Freedman's Academy.