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
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, current Chairman of Corning Incorporated
- Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., philanthropist
