Bennett, Thomas 'Tom' Archibald jr. 11.jul.1906-a1970 USA NY Staten Island Richmond, New Brighton - ?Michigan, Detroit
conductor, started young with his own dance band, 1910 residing at 39 Hawthorne Avenue in Akron Ohio, 1915 at 8506 12th Avenue in Brooklyn Kings New York, 1920-1922 again in Akron Ohio now at 94 Kuder Avenue, 1930-1935 as interior decorator still single with his parents at 27 Washington Square in Manhattan, 17.jan.1936 he returned with his wife from Bermuda, 1936 residing at 82 West 12th Street in New York Manhattan, 1940-1946 staff arranger and musical director for NBC radio, 1946 wrote the article 'Arranging Music for Radio' for Gilbert Chase's book 'Music in Radio Broadcasting' in which he credits Ferde Grofe as great innovator in the history of orchestration, founded the Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street, program manager of Pittsburgh Radio Station KDKA and for 5 years with the Fred Waring radio production staff, 1959-1963 writing incidental and background music for dramatic plays as musical director of the Radio Program Production of the University of Detroit Michigan, 29.may.1971 he was last seen in Detroit ; son of engineer/sales manager Thomas Archibald Bennett sr. (Staten Island, New Brighton 4.sep.1874-24.apr.1943 Manhattan Washington Square) and Grace Whittemore (Staten Island, Richmond Castleton 4.may.1871-4.may.1956 NY, Candor) ; 11.jan.1936 he married Margaret O'Reilly (NJ, Orange 5.feb.1904-)