Background
Donohue, Richard William was born on June 19, 1936 in Cromwell, Connecticut, United States. Son of Robert Francis and Marguerite Elizabeth (Meyer) Donohue.
Donohue, Richard William was born on June 19, 1936 in Cromwell, Connecticut, United States. Son of Robert Francis and Marguerite Elizabeth (Meyer) Donohue.
Bachelor, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1958. Master of Music, Yale University, New Haven, 1960.
Founder, president The Richard Donohue Studio of Music, Cromwell, Connecticut, since 1951. Choral director, organist St. John's Roman Catholic Church, Cromwell, Connecticut, 1954—1960, South Congressional Church, Hartford, Connecticut, 1960—1967, Hartford, 1974—1996, St. Peter Roman Catholic Church, Higganum, Connecticut, since 1996. Private teacher Yale University, New Haven, 1962.
Professor Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1967—1974. Founder, conductor New England Chamber Choir and Orchestra, Portland, Connecticut, since 1996.
President Cromwell History Society, 1964—1966. Member of Delta Tau Delta, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Lois Franklin Donohue, June 27, 1959. Children: Linda Maria, Katherine Marguerite, Robert Lawrence, Richard Franklin.