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...since slumping profits at the candy company could have far-reaching effects on the school's funding. The failure of that sale appears to have led the trust board to take a stronger role in the direction of the Hershey company, leading quickly to the resignation of CEO and Chairman Richard H. Lenny. Weeks later, the trust board forcibly replaced six of the 11 Hershey board members...
Houghton is also an active member of several boards of directors of various companies, and the current chairman of the board of trustees at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Upon graduating from Harvard Business School in 1962, Houghton spent much of his professional career at Corning Incorporated—a maker of specialty glass and ceramics—where he eventually rose to the top posts of chairman and CEO in in 1983, and again...
...years later, Houghton began to work at Corning, a company founded by his great-great grandfather, and which he would later lead as chairman and CEO on two separate occasions...
Since stepping down as chairman at Corning for the second time, he has continued to play a role at the firm. He also remains a longtime trustee of the Corning Museum of Glass...
...higher? "I think it's only natural you're going to see that as soldiers come back [from war], you know, with the dwell time that they have [before returning to war], that we're going to have a higher rate." Last week, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said pressure on the Army means that for the next two years, soldiers will continue to ship off to their next combat tour without sufficient rest at home...