He joined the Chemical Corn Exchange Bank in New York City in 1920, and served as its president from 1935 to 1945, and as its chairman and chief executive officer from 1945 to 1947.
Frank K. Houston was born on July 4, 1881, on his family plantation in Woodbury, Tennessee.
[2] In 1920, he was appointed as vice president of the Chemical Corn Exchange Bank in New York City.
[4] Houston served on the Board of Trust of his alma mater, Vanderbilt University.
[4] In 1969, Houston made a charitable donation to the Graduate School of Management to endow a professorship in banking.