Background
HOUGHTON, James was born on April 6, 1936 in Coming, New York, United States. Son of the late Amory Houghton and Laura Richardson Houghton.
HOUGHTON, James was born on April 6, 1936 in Coming, New York, United States. Son of the late Amory Houghton and Laura Richardson Houghton.
AB, Harvard University, 1958. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1962.
Worked in investment banking, Goldman, Sachs and Company, New York 1959-1961. In Production and Finance, Coming Glass Works, Danville, Ky. and Coming, New York 1962-1964. Vice-President and Area Manager, Coming Glass Institute, Zurich and Brussels 1964-1968.
Vice-President and General Manager Consumer Products Division, Coming Glass Works (Coming Inc. since 1989), Coming, New York 1968-1971, Vice-Chair, of Board 1971-1983, Chair, of Board and Chief Executive Officer since 1983. Director CBS Inc., Dow' Coming Corporation, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, J. P. Morgan Company Inc., United States/USSR Trade and Economics Council. Trustee Coming Glass Works Foundation, Coming Museum of Glass, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pierpont Morgan Library', United States Council of ICC.
With Corning Museum Glass, Pierpont Morgan Library., Metropolitan Museum Art, New York, Business Council. Member of Rolling Rock Club, Augusta National Golf Club (Georgia), Tarratine Club (Dark Harbor, Maine), Brookline Country Club (Massachusetts), Links Club New York City, University Club, Harvard Club, Corning Country Club.
Married May Tuckerman Kinnicutt, June 30, 1962. Children: James DeKay, Nina Bayard.