ANSON CONGER GOODYEAR
Industrialist and art collector, born in Buffalo, New York, USA. He studied at
Yale (1899 BA), joined the family lumber business in Buffalo, and became
vice-president (1907) and then president (1911). He was president of the Great
Southern Lumber Co, Bogalusa, LA (1920–38), served as vice-president of the
Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad (1907–10), and was president of the New Orleans
Great Northern Railroad Co (1920–30). He also became chairman of the board of
the Gaylord Container Corp (1937–52), later to merge with the Crown Zellerbach
Corp. He was an avid collector of late 19th-c and early 20th-c American and
European art, and, after he moved to New York City, he was president of the
Museum of Modern Art (1929–39). After his death his collection was bequeathed to
the Buffalo Museum of Fine Arts.
Industrialist and art collector, born in Buffalo, New York, USA. He studied at
Yale (1899 BA), joined the family lumber business in Buffalo, and became
vice-president (1907) and then president (1911). He was president of the Great
Southern Lumber Co, Bogalusa, LA (1920–38), served as vice-president of the
Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad (1907–10), and was president of the New Orleans
Great Northern Railroad Co (1920–30). He also became chairman of the board of
the Gaylord Container Corp (1937–52), later to merge with the Crown Zellerbach
Corp. He was an avid collector of late 19th-c and early 20th-c American and
European art, and, after he moved to New York City, he was president of the
Museum of Modern Art (1929–39). After his death his collection was bequeathed to
the Buffalo Museum of Fine Arts.