PROCTOR W. HOUGHTON ’39

PROCTOR W. HOUGHTON, the president of Houghton Chemical Corporation, longtime secretary for his class, and the recipient of a Distinguished Alumnus Award from Wesleyan, died Jan. 12, 2012, at age 95. He was a member of Alpha Chi Rho. During World War II he worked with Allied Chemical to start new defense plants. Active in a variety of business, educational, and charitable organizations, he was a director and past president of the Ford Hall Forum, the oldest free public educational lecture series in America. At Wesleyan he funded the annual Houghton Scholarship Award. He was also an active participant and supporter of various Quaker organizations, especially the American Friends Service Committee, as well as a cofounder and director of the Newton Arts Center. His wife, Eloise Kautz Houghton, predeceased him. He is survived by four children and five grandchildren, including Jessica Houghton ’08.