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Eugene Goossens III

AKA Eugene Aynsley Goossens

Born: 24-May-1893
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 13-Jun-1962
Location of death: Hillingdon, Middlesex, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, St. Pancras and Islington Cemetery

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Conductor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Cincinnati Symphony, 1931-46

Father: Eugène Goossens fils (conductor/violinist, b. 1867, d. 1958)
Mother: Annie Cook (dau. of Thomas Aynsley Cook)
Brother: Leon
Sister: Marie
Sister: Sidonie
Wife: Dorothy Dodsworth (m. 1919, div. 1928, three daughters)
Wife: Janet Lewis (m. 1930, div. 1944, two daughters)
Wife: Marjorie Fetter Foulkrod (m. 18-Apr-1946, until his death)
Mistress: Rosaleen Norton (extramarital affair 1950s)

    University: Bruges Conservatory of Music
    University: Royal College of Music, London (1907-12)
    Teacher: Eastman School of Music
    Administrator: Director, New South Wales Conservatory (1947-56)

    Sydney Symphony Conductor (1947-56)
    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Principal Conductor (1931-46)
    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director (1923-31)
    Queen's Hall Orchestra Asst. Conductor (1916-20)
    Queen's Hall Orchestra Violinist (1912-15)
    Knight of the British Empire 1955
    French Legion of Honor
    Belgian Ancestry


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