Alice Tully
Alice Tully ( born September 14, 1902 in Corning, New York, † December 10, 1993 in New York City ) was an American philanthropist and opera singer.
Life
Alice was the daughter of a judge and later Senator William J. Tully and his wife Clara Houghton. She studied singing in Paris and debuted in 1927 with the Pasdeloup Orchestra. In 1933 she sang in the opera Cavalleria rusticana Santuzza. In 1958, Alice Tully inherited from her grandfather Wiiliam Houghton, founder of Corning Glass Works, a considerable fortune. In the later years Alice Tully was considered one of the most important patron of the arts in the United States. Jr. Along with her cousin Arthur Houghton, one of the founders of the Lincoln Center, they financed a concert hall, called the Alice Tully Hall in New York. Alice Tully sat in the promotion committee of the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School. In 1970, Alice Tully was honored for her contribution to the cultural life of the city of New York with the Handel Medal.