Corning Appoints Three Executives to Board of Directors.

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CORNING, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2000

Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today elected three senior executives to its board of directors: James B. Flaws, Corning executive vice president and chief financial officer, Peter F. Volanakis, president of Corning Technologies, and Wendell P. Weeks, president of Corning Optical Communications. They will stand for re-election at Corning's annual meeting in 2001.

James B. Flaws, 51, has been with Corning since 1973. During his tenure at Corning, Flaws has held a number of executive finance positions including treasurer, vice president of finance, senior vice president and controller. In addition to his responsibilities as chief financial officer, Flaws is also responsible for mergers and acquisitions at Corning. In the past year alone Corning has completed the acquisition of 12 technology companies totaling $10 billion, to solidify Corning's leadership position in the optical networking space.

Wendell P. Weeks, 41, joined Corning in 1983 and held a variety of senior management positions in the business development, technical products, and video products divisions before joining the Opto-Electronics Business Division in 1992. Under his leadership, Corning has emerged as a worldwide leader in the optical layer. The optical communications businesses currently represent 70% of Corning's revenues.

Peter F. Volanakis, 45, joined Corning in 1982. During his nearly 20-year career at Corning, he has held a variety of senior management positions in the optical products, environmental products, cable systems and display products divisions in the U.S. and abroad. Corning's Information Display and Advanced Materials sectors are responsible for producing some of today's most in-demand technologies such as glass for LCD displays, ceramics used in catalytic converters to control automobile emissions, and microarrays for DNA research and drug development.

Established in 1851, Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) creates leading-edge technologies for the fastest-growing markets of the world's economy. Corning manufactures optical fiber, cable and photonic products for the telecommunications industry; and high-performance displays and components for television and other communications-related industries. The company also uses advanced materials to manufacture products for scientific, semiconductor and environmental markets. Corning's revenues in 1999 were $4.7 billion.