Walter Ducloux

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.