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Alexander Falck

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Alexander D. Falck was lawyer[1] and businessman. Falck served with the Elmira, New York law firm Stanchfield, Lovell, Falck & Sayles (named Sayles & Evans since 1945) from 1901 to 1918.[2] Falck served as a director of Chemung Canal Trust Company (1917), president of Corning Glass Works (1920–1928),[3] chairman of the board of Corning Glass Works (1928–1941),[3] delegate to the Republican National Convention from New York (1940), and President of Arnot Ogden Memorial Hospital (1946–1948). There is a professorship of art named after Alexander D. Falck at Williams College, where he graduated from in 1899.[4]

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  1. ^ Blaszczyk, Regina Lee (2002). Imagining Consumers: Design and Innovation from Wedgwood to Corning. JHU Press. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-8018-6914-3. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
  2. ^ "History of the Firm". Sayles & Evans. Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
  3. ^ a b Dyer, Davis; Daniel Gross (2001). The Generations of Corning: The Life and Times of a Global Corporation. Oxford University Press US. p. x. ISBN 978-0-19-514095-8. Retrieved December 30, 2008. alexander d falck.
  4. ^ Dyer, Davis; Gross, Daniel (June 21, 2001). The Generations of Corning: The Life and Times of a Global Corporation. Oxford University Press. p. 111. ISBN 9780198032311 – via Internet Archive. alexander falck williams college.