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Walter H. Dyett High School for the Fine Arts student Aaron Benjamin, the 2026th recipient of the Captain Walter H. Dyett Award, poses for a photo with Illinois Army National Guard Commander Brig. Gen. Lenny Williams, Walter H. Dyett High School for the Fine Arts Principal Doreatha Butler, award-winning educator William McClellan, and 8th Infantry Regiment Association President Ronald Murdock with other members of the 8th Infantry Association on March 2 at the high school. The Captain Walter H. Dyett Award, co-sponsored by the 8th Infantry Regiment Illinois National Guard Association and the National Guard Association of Illinois, is awarded to the student who best emulates the characteristics of Captain Walter H. Dyett, including discipline, dedication, hard work and creativity. Dyett led the Illinois National Guard’s 8th Infantry Regiment Band, part of the famous all African-American “Fighting” 8th Infantry Regiment. For more than three decades, Dyett taught music in Chicago Public Schools, first at Wendell Phillips High School and later at DuSable High School. From 1935 to 1962, he instructed more than 20,000 students in classical, military and jazz music and mentored many of our nation’s jazz greats, including Nat King Cole, Dorothy Donegan, Joseph Jarman, Dinah Washington, Johnny Griffin, Mwata Bowden and several others. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Robert R. Adams, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs)
| Date Taken: | 03.02.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 03.08.2026 17:40 |
| Photo ID: | 9550392 |
| VIRIN: | 260302-A-FI215-9173 |
| Resolution: | 2048x1152 |
| Size: | 681.06 KB |
| Location: | CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, US |
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Illinois Army National Guard Commander Honors Captain Walter Dyett Award Recipient
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