Corning Elects Tripeny as Senior Vice President.

CORNING, N.Y. -- Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) announced that its board of directors has elected R. Tony Tripeny, 50, senior vice president and corporate controller. Tripeny will continue to report to James B. Flaws, vice chairman and chief financial officer.

Tripeny joined Corning in 1985 as a corporate accounting manager at Corning Cable Systems (CCS). He held various leadership positions within the finance function of Corning Cable Systems before being named chief financial officer of CCS in 2000. He took on additional responsibilities as group controller, Telecommunications, in 2003. He was named division vice president and Operations Controller in August 2004 and was named vice president and Corporate Controller in October 2005. Tripeny was named principal accounting officer for Corning in March 2009.

About Corning Incorporated

Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 150 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy and metrology.