Rochester's Hope: The Strong Family

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The Strong Family

Henry Alvah Strong

Col. Henry Alvah Strong (1838-1919), was a president of Eastman Kodak Company.

 

Strong Auditorium, which was dedicated in 1930 as one of the original buildings of the River Campus, was a gift of Col. Strong's second wife Hattie M. Strong and her son, L. Corrin Strong, while his daughters, Gertrude Strong Achilles and Helen Strong Carter, contributed funds toward the construction of Strong Medical Hospital, which was dedicated 1927.

 

Exterior of Strong Mausoleum

Strong Mausoleum, exterior

Interior of Strong Mausoleum

Strong Mausoleum, interior

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