Charles Norris Houghton ’31

Norrie died Oct. 9, 2001, in NYC. He was 92. In his field, the Theater (said with a capital T) he was a giant.

He attended Shortridge HS in Indianapolis and at Princeton held a War Prize Scholarship, won the Class of 1870 Junior Prize in English, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Theatre Intime, Triangle Club, Whig Hall, and Court Club.

In theater he was phenomenally successful, starting by founding the Phoenix Theatre and ending by forming, with David Rockefeller, a nonprofit organization, Arts Education and Americans. He wrote prolifically, taught at universities including Vassar, SUNY-Purchase, and Columbia, and directed many plays. At his memorial service he was hailed as "one of the most distinguished and versatile men in American theater."

He has no known survivors.

The Class of 1931