Henry A. Strong
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Henry Alvah Strong (August 30, 1838 – July 26, 1919) was an American photography businessman. He was the first president of the Eastman Kodak Company<ref name=LR>Jeffries, Elizabeth "The Strong Family of Rochester, New York", Epitaph: The Friends of the Mount Hope Cemetery, vol 27, No. 3 (2007) </ref><ref name=PBS>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Early life and family
Henry Strong was born on August 30, 1838, in Rochester, New York.<ref name=Associate>Template:Cite news</ref> His brother was the theologian Augustus Hopkins Strong.<ref name=LR />
He graduated from Wyoming Academy in 1858. On August 30, 1859, he married Helen Phoebe Griffin. They had three children: Gertrude Achilles, Helen Carter, and Henry G. Strong. After Helen's death in 1904 from diabetes, he married Hattie (Corrin) Lockwood on June 14, 1905.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He adopted her son, Corrin, and the family returned to Rochester, New York.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Business ventures
Strong held a lead position in his family's buggy whip manufacturing company prior to meeting George Eastman in 1870. The two entered a partnership in 1880 and the Eastman Dry Plate Company was founded on January 1, 1881, with Strong as president and Eastman as treasurer.Template:Sfn It would later become Eastman Kodak Company.<ref name=PBS/>
Strong died at his home in Rochester on July 26, 1919.<ref name=Associate/>
Legacy
Numerous buildings in Rochester, notably Strong Memorial Hospital and Strong Auditorium at the University of Rochester were built from his philanthropy.
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