Houghton family

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

[edit] Family members and decendents

Their family includes:

Amory Houghton, Sr. (1812–1882), founder of Corning Glass Works (1851- ), married Sophronia Mann Oakes (1814–1880)
Amory Houghton, Jr. (1837–1909), former president of Corning Glass Works, married Ellen Ann Bigelow (1840–1918)
Jesse Houghton Metcalf (1860–1942), United States Senator from Rhode Island (1924–1937)
Alanson Bigelow Houghton (1863–1941), son of Amory Houghton Jr, former president of Corning Glass, former U.S. Representative from New York (1919–1922), former U.S. Ambassador to Germany
Arthur A. Houghton, Sr. (1866–1928), son of Amory Houghton Jr, former president of Corning Glass, married Mahitbel Hollister (1867–1938)

(1922–1925), and former U.S. Ambassador to Britain (1925–1929), married Adelaide Wellington (1867–1945)

Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn (1878–1951), suffragist and birth control advocate, mother of actress Katharine Hepburn
Alice Tully (1902–1993), granddaughter of Amory Houghton Jr, philanthropist and founding benefactor of Alice Tully Hall
Amory Houghton (1899–1981), son of Alanson Bigelow Houghton; father of Amo, Jamie, and Arthur Houghton; former Corning Glass president and chairman; and former Ambassador to France (1957–1961)
Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. (1906–1990), philanthropist, former president of Steuben Glass Co., a former division of Corning Glass
Katharine Houghton Hepburn (1907–2003), four time Academy Award-winning actress
Amo Houghton (1926- ), former CEO of Corning Glass and former U.S. Representative from New York (1987–2005)
James R. Houghton (1936- ), retired chairman of Corning Inc.
Arthur A. Houghton, III (1940- ), son of Arthur A Houghton, Jr., U.S. diplomat and Foreign Service Officer (1966–1979), writer
Katharine Houghton (1945- ), actress
Mundy Hepburn (1955- ), sculptor
Schuyler Grant (1971- ), actress
Kim Hoover DeAllen (1979- ), philanthropist