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

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★ Steuben Glass Works

★ Houghton Surname Project