HOUGHTON FAMILY

'The Houghton Family' is a prominent New England and Upstate New York business family. Members of the family are founders of Corning Glass Works.

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Family members
See also

Family members


Their family includes:

★ Arthur A. Houghton, Sr., former president of Corning Glass Works

Alanson B. Houghton (1863–1941), former Corning Glass executive, former U.S. Representative from New York, 1919–1922; former U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1922–1925; and former U.S. Ambassador to Ambassador to Britain (1925-1929)

★ Katharine Houghton Hepburn, mother of Katharine Hepburn, a suffragette, and birth control advocate, who, along with Margaret Sanger, helped to found the organization that became Planned Parenthood.

Katharine Houghton Hepburn (1907–2003), actress

Katharine Houghton (1945- ), actress

Schuyler Grant (1971- ), actress

Amory Houghton (1899–1981), son of Alanson B. Houghton; father of Amo, Jamie, and Arthur Houghton; former Corning Glass executive; and former Ambassador to France (1957-1961)

Amo Houghton (1926- ), former CEO of Corning Glass and former member United States House of Representatives (1987-2005)

James R. Houghton, retired Chairman of Corning Incorporated

★ Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., philanthropist

★ Jaffar W. Houghton Sabet, San Francisco copywriter,

See also



Wealthiest Americans (1957)

List of U.S. political families

President and Fellows of Harvard College (2006)

Corning Incorporated


Steuben Glass Works

Houghton Surname Project

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