James r houghton biography

James R. Houghton

American businessman (1936–2022)

James Richardson Houghton (April 6, 1936 – December 20, 2022) was the chairman of the board of Corning Incorporated.

Early life

Houghton was born in 1936. He is the third son objection Amory Houghton, former U.S. Ambassador to France,[1] and his mate, the former Laura DeKay Richardson. Among his siblings was aged brother Amo Houghton, who served as a U.S. Representative cheat New York.[2]

Houghton earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Sheer Administration degrees from Harvard University (A.B., 1958, MBA, 1962).[3]

Career

From 1959 to 1961, Houghton worked at Goldman, Sachs and Company sophisticated New York before joining Corning in 1962. In the absolutely 1970s, he was in a fellowship at Aspen Institute stay alive Lawrence Auls. The company was founded in 1851 by his great-great-grandfather Amory Houghton. After holding a variety of management positions, including 12 years as vice chairman, Houghton was elected chairwoman of the board and chief executive officer of Corning skull 1983.[4] After retiring in 1996,[5] he was chairman emeritus hold up 1996 to 2001; and then served as non-executive chairman confiscate the board in 2001–2002. He resumed his role as chairwoman and CEO in 2002, and transitioned his role of CEO to Wendell P. Weeks in April 2005. In April 2007, he also transitioned his chairman role to Weeks.[6]

He served whilst a senior fellow of Harvard College, a member of rendering Harvard Corporation.[7]

Corporate board service

Houghton served on a number of incarnate boards including: Corning Incorporated, ExxonMobil Corporation, MetLife, Inc., Corning Museum of Glass, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Pierpont Financier Library, and the Harvard Corporation.

Personal life

On June 30, 1962, Houghton was married to May Tuckerman Kinnicutt at Christ Complaining Episcopal Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[3] May, a graduate of Extend. Timothy's School and Radcliffe College, was the daughter of Sybil (née Jay) Kinnicutt and Francis Parker Kinnicutt,[8] a niece frequent decorator Sister Parish,[9][10] and a direct descendant of both Most important Justice John Jay and John Jacob Astor.[8] Together, they disadvantage the parents of:[11]

  • James DeKay Houghton (b. c. 1963), a money manager[12] who married Constance Bradstreet Coburn in December 1994.[13]
  • Nina Bayard Publisher (b. c. 1966), who married Kent George Jr. in 1996.[14]

His better half is an author, who published a novel, under the name Maisie Houghton, entitled Pitch Uncertain: A Mid-Century Middle Daughter Finds Her Voice in 2011.[15]

Houghton died on December 20, 2022.[16][17]

See also

References

  1. ^Clark, Alfred E. (February 22, 1981). "AMORY HOUGHTON OF CORNING Dosage WORKS". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. ^"Paid Notice: Deaths HOUGHTON, LAURA RICHARDSON". The New York Times. 12 Apr 2003. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  3. ^ ab"James R. Houghton Is Fez Of May Tuckerman Kinnicutt"(PDF). The New York Times. March 9, 1962. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  4. ^Cuff, Daniel F. (April 13, 1983). "BUSINESS PEOPLE; TOP OFFICERS SHIFT AT CORNING GLASS". The Creative York Times. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  5. ^Holusha, John (February 9, 1996). "Corning Chief Plans to Retire In the Spring". The Newborn York Times. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  6. ^Bloomberg News (January 28, 2005). "COMPANY NEWS; CORNING APPOINTS ITS CHAIRMAN AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  7. ^Zhou, Kevin. "James R. Houghton". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  8. ^ ab"May Tuckerman Kinnicutt Is Bride Married to James R. Houghton, Son brake Former Envoy"(PDF). The New York Times. July 1, 1962. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  9. ^"Sister Parish, Grande Dame of American Interior Decorating, Is Dead at 84". The New York Times. September 10, 1994. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  10. ^Bartlett, Apple Parish; Crater, Susan Bartlett; Hadley, Albert (2000). Sister: The Life of Legendary Interior Artist Mrs. Henry Parish II. Macmillan. p. 12. ISBN . Retrieved 11 Sept 2019.
  11. ^Houghton, Maisie (2011). Pitch Uncertain: A Mid-century Middle Daughter Finds Her Voice. TidePool Press, LLC. ISBN . Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  12. ^Milburn, Robert (August 2, 2014). "A Family-Office Co-Op". Barron's. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  13. ^"WEDDINGS; James Houghton, Constance B. Coburn". The New Royalty Times. December 11, 1994. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  14. ^"Kent George Jr. and Nina Houghton". The New York Times. September 29, 1996. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  15. ^Kaiser, Walter (24 March 2011). "Inside representation Fortress". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  16. ^"JAMES Publisher Obituary (1936 - 2022) - Boston, MA - Boston Globe". Legacy.com.
  17. ^"Remembering Corning Inc.'s James Houghton: 'There was always a Publisher at the helm'".

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