Eugene O'Neill, Jr.
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, Jr. (May 5, 1910 - September 25, 1950) was an American professor of Greek literature[1] and son of Nobel Prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill.
O'Neill was son of Eugene's first wife, Kathleen Jenkins.[2] The couple divorced in 1912. O'Neill once said he did not even meet his father until age 12.[2] He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University in 1932, where he was a member of Skull and Bones secret student society.[1] He earned a PhD in philosophy[2] in 1936.[1]
O'Neill taught at Yale, Sarah Lawrence College, and the New School for Social Research.[1]
He committed suicide at age 40 by slitting his left wrist and ankle.[2]
References
External links
- Eugene O'Neill, Jr. Collection at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
- Last photograph taken of O'Neill
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