Academia is not foreign ground for Daniel, however. He is the former president of the board of trustees at Wesleyan University, his alma mater.
James R. Houghton, a member of the Corporation since 1996, is the chair emeritus of Corning, Inc. Most recently he has filled his time as the chair of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Houghton has a storied family history--his cousin built Houghton Library, located next to Lamont, and his great-great-grandfather manufactured the first light bulb for Thomas A. Edison.
Houghton is well-known on his own merits as well. An expert fundraiser, Houghton left Corning in 1996 to turn his energy to education and the arts.
Herbert S. Winokur Jr. '64-'65 is the youngest member of the search committee--the only one under 60. He received all three of his academic degrees from Harvard and continues to have close ties with the financial and academic sides of the University.
He sits on the board of the Harvard Management Company and is the former co-chair of reunion fundraising for the Class of 1965.
Winokur is the former co-chair of the New York Historical Society, an honorary director of the University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center and former chair and CEO of Capricorn Holdings.
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