Throughout the City of Cornings history, colorful, dedicated and dynamic people have left their mark on the community. THE HOUGHTONS. Of the many persons honored in Steuben Countys Hall of Fame, and whose pictures are hanging in the Corning Hilton Inn (now the Radisson) five are members of the Houghton family. AMORY HOUGHTON: (1899-1981) native of Corning, chairman emeritis of Corning Inc., national president of the Boy Scouts of America (1951-1957); U.S. Ambassador to France (1957-1961); local leader of Board of Education and Chamber of Commerce. ALANSON BIGELOW HOUGHTON: (1863-1911) president and chairman of the board of Corning Inc., member of the House of Representatives (1919-1922); U.S. Ambassador to Germany (1922-1925); U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain (1925-1928) ARTHUR A. HOUGHTON: (1906- ) chairman of Steuben Glass, former chairman of New York Metropolitan Museum of Art and New York Philharmonic Symphony, influential in creating Corning Glass Center and Corning Community College. AMORY HOUGHTON JR.: (1926-) Former member of the House of Representatives, former chairman of board of Corning Inc. and chairman of New York State Business Council. LAURA B. HOUGHTON: Widow of Amory Houghton Sr., she was a Corning civic leader who devoted years of service to the Girl Scout movement and Project Hope. MARGARET HIGGINS SANGER: (1879*1966) a Corning native, who is known throughout the world as a leader of the birth control movement in the early 1900s. Sanger, jailed and vilified for beliefs that outraged many religious groups of the day, was not well-treated during her childhood and had unpleasant memories of Corning. Many believe her views on birth control stem from her childhood. As the 5th of 11 children in a poor Irish family that lived on the wrong side of the tracks, she could look up the hill at small wealthy families and see how much more they were able to give their children. In 1925, Sanger organized the International Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood World Population. FREDERICK CARDER: (1863-1963) a native of Staffordshire, England, who founded the Steuben Glass Works in Corning in 1903. Carder was also recognized for his work in designing murals for Rockefeller Center, as a member of the advisory committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a fellow in the Royal Society of Arts in London. CALVIN U. SMITH: (1895-1983) principal and district school superintendent (1931-1961), called the father of centralization in the formation of the Corning-Painted Post Consolidated School District.
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