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...Growing up in Corning, N.Y., the family company played a large role in Houghton’s childhood: the Corning plant—which had been run by the Houghton family for four generations—was next door to the family’s house...
...Houghton, his childhood in Corning grounded him with a sense of humility that he would carry for the rest of his life...
...After high school, Houghton followed the footsteps of many family members, enrolling as a student at Harvard College. The family had a long history with the University, with its name gracing the rare book library—which opened in 1942 after a donation by James’s cousin Arthur...
...Harvard, Houghton lived in Lowell House and concentrated in history. He developed a love for European history, and also took a handful of art history courses—a prelude to his future work as chairman of the Metropolitan Museum...
...Houghton was also an active member of the A.D. Club, an experience he describes as “something that neither helped nor hindered” him at Harvard. (A picture of Houghton and several friends from the Class of 1958 once adorned the wall of an upstairs bar room in the club’s elegant Plympton Street house...