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Shortly after, James R. Houghton '58, who was then chairman of the board of Corning, Inc., was appointed to the Corporation. He replaced scientist Charles P. Slichter '45, known by many as the Corporation's academic voice. Houghton's appointment meant that the Corporation's membership had twice as many business executives as academics...
...while the corporation does have to operate as a unified group on decisions, Slichter says that representation from diverse academic and career backgrounds is helpful in keeping in touch with issues sensitive to certain groups of people...
...Slichter, a Corporation member from 1970 until 1995, says that because the job requires extensive experience--both business and academic--qualified female candidates have come up only in recent years. And it was not easy for University officials to draw these women in once they found them...
...Women who were qualified were highly sought by corporations [all over the country]," Slichter says...
Because the Overseers meet less frequently and are a larger body, Slichter says, there are more women on the Overseers than the Corporation...