Walter Ducloux(1913-1997)
- Music Department
- Actor
Conductor, author, and music director for the Voice of America
(1940-1947), educated at the University of Munich (Ph.D), and holder of
a conducting diploma from the Academy of Vienna. He came to the USA in
1939, and conducted the Charles Wagner Opera Company between 1940 and
1947. During World War II, he served in the US Army, and was awarded a
Bronze Star and five Battle Stars. In 1953 he began conducting the
Opera Theatre at the University of Southern California, and conducted
the University Symphony since 1958. He moved to Austin, Texas with his
wife Gina in the fall of 1968 and headed up the Opera Theatre at The
University of Texas.
