As Augustus Juilliard grew old he tired of making money and opera became his interest. Nearly every night he was to be seen in Box No. 2, where in 1919 he was seized with his fatal illness.

A rich man's ghost walked the faded red corridors of Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House last week. Singers backstage talked of little else. Board members held consultations over it.

The Juilliard School was founded in 1905 by Dr. Frank Damrosch, ... The school was named for Augustus Juilliard, a textile merchant who gave a very large bequest to the school in 1919.

The school was named for Augustus Juilliard. He was born in Ohio, the son of Burgundian Huguenots who had come to this country in 1836. His principal business was the dry-goods firm of A.D. Juilliard ...

Juilliard, who was native of France, was a brother of Augustus Juilliard, a businessman and philanthropist whose estate helped pay for the establishment of the Juilliard School.

-- Music patron Augustus Juilliard in 1836-- Actor Hugh O'Brian in 1925-- Actor Jayne Mansfield in 1933-- Actor Dudley Moore in 1935-- Actor Elinor Donahue in 1937 (age 85) ...

-- Music patron Augustus Juilliard in 1836-- Actor Hugh O'Brian in 1925-- Actor Jayne Mansfield in 1933-- Actor Dudley Moore in 1935-- Actor Elinor Donahue in 1937 (age 84) ...