resting_place death_place children birth_date spouse article_title name
squam lake , new hampshire boston jennifer and pratt hooker talcott bennet layne bennet , w. stiles bennet iii , 30 april 1934 alice t. bennet -lrb- née talcott -rrb- william s. bennet ii
 william s. bennet ii
william s. bennet ii

william s. bennet ii -lrb- april 30 , 1934 -- november 24 , 2009 -rrb- was an american business executive who introduced yoplait single-serving yogurt to the united states .
he was the son of augustus witschief bennet -lrb- united states house of representatives from january 3 , 1945 to january 3 , 1947 -rrb- and maxine layne bennet , and grandson of william s. bennet -lrb- republican , serving in the us house of representatives from march 4 , 1905 -- march 3 , 1911 -rrb- .
part of his early education was at north junior high school in newburgh , ny in 1946-47 .
bennet served in the united states army in germany from 1952 to 1954 .
he graduated from amherst college in 1958 and was married to alice t. bennet -lrb- née talcott -rrb- in june 1958 .
bennet was president and ceo of michigan cottage cheese from 1968 to 1978 .
he founded yoplait usa in 1973 , and introduced that yogurt to the u.s. market in 1974 .
bennet later served on the board of directors or advisors of stoneyfield farm yogurt , the country hen , grand recipe company , inc. , intrinsic solutions , inc. , kettle cuisine , inc. , bikelink international and cityaccess .
he died on november 25 , 2009 , in boston , massachusetts .
he had been diagnosed with dementia with lewy bodies .
his remains were cremated and the ashes interred at the family plot in squam lake , new hampshire .
