Everett Smith Beneke (July 6, 1918 – May 21, 2010) was an American medical mycologist, and professor of microbiology at Michigan State University (1948–1987). Beneke chaired the American Board of Bioanalysis (1968–2004), he lived in Florida and died in 2010 at the age of 91.[1] He made contributions to the field of human mycoses.