HOUGHTON, ALANSON BIGELOW ), American diplomat, was born at Cambridge, Mass., on Oct. I o, 1863. He was educated at Harvard (B.A. 1886), subsequently studying at Gottingen, Berlin and Paris. He associated himself with the Corning Glass Works, N.Y., in 1889, becoming succes sively vice-president and president, and, in 1918, chairman of the board of directors. He was elected a member of Congress in 1919 and re-elected in 1921, resigning in 1922 on his appointment by President Harding as U.S. ambassador to Germany, a position which he held until 1925, when he was appointed ambassador to Great Britain in succession to F. B. Kellogg. In 1928 he was nominated Republican candidate for senator of the State of New York.