Word: houghton
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...from living a life of leisure, Houghton kept himself busy with a range of activities. A lifelong patron and connoisseur of the arts, he served as the chairman of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the boards of J.P. Morgan, Exxon, and MetLife...
...While Houghton said that his role in his second term as chief executive was only as a “cheerleader,” others say that that assessment is based more on his natural modesty than on the duties he actually performed...
...James’ older brother Amory Houghton Jr. ’50 says the vision James used to help revive the company was apparent at an early...
...Just as he had returned to Corning, Houghton came back to Harvard nearly 40 years after graduating, when in the fall of 1995, Houghton joined the Harvard Corporation, the executive governing board comprised of six fellows and the University president. Eventually rising to become the senior fellow, Houghton spends approximately 24 days a year at Harvard where he meets with other Corporation members to discuss issues like the University budget and its expansion into Allston...
...Houghton would side with two of his colleagues who believed Summers’ position was untenable, creating the bloc that forced Summers from office. Houghton then flew down to Florida with Corporation fellow Nannerl O. Keohane, where the two convinced Bok to return to lead Harvard...