Mr. Huston was an executive of Lukens Steel Company located in Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and was active in many local community organizations; he served in a leadership position in the Coatesville Community Industrial Development Corp., Rotary, Chamber of Commerce, and YMCA. In addition, he was involved in several small successful business ventures, authored several books of prose and historical accounts, and served as an informal liaison between the Coatesville business community and the Pennsylvania legislature. Mr. Huston was also active as a church leader, initially in the Coatesville Presbyterian Church and later during his final years in the Coatesville Episcopal Church.

In addition, Mr. Huston had a love for the city of Savannah, Georgia, the birthplace of his mother, Annie Stewart, and home of his wife, Harriet Lawrence Huston, who was an artist and a poet. His uncle, Murray M. Stewart, was Mayor of Savannah from 1919-1923. Mr. Huston, along with his wife Harriet, is buried in Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah.

Mr. Huston’s charitable interests are reflected in the Trust’s mission and the distribution guidelines created in his Will.