Henry A. Strong

Who was Henry A. Strong?

Henry Alvah Strong was a U.S. photography businessman. He was the first president of the Eastman Kodak Company between 1884 and 1919.

He was born on August 30, 1838 in Rochester, New York. 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 Lockwood, on June 14, 1905. Numerous buildings in Rochester, notably Strong Memorial Hospital and Strong Auditorium at the University of Rochester were built from his philanthropy.