Corning Nominates Hansel Tookes To Serve On Company's Board.

Business Editors

CORNING, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2001

Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today announced the nomination of Hansel Tookes to its board of directors. Tookes, executive vice president of Raytheon Company and chairman and chief executive officer of Raytheon Aircraft Company, would stand for election at Corning's annual meeting of shareholders on June 21, 2001.

Tookes, 53, joined Raytheon in September 1999 as president and chief operating officer and was later appointed chairman and chief executive officer. Tookes joined Raytheon from Pratt & Whiteny's Large Military Engines group where he served as president since 1996. Prior to this, he held a number of leadership positions at United Technologies Corporation's Norden Systems and Hamilton Standard Division, including executive vice president of Aircraft Products and vice president of business planning.

Tookes holds a master's degree in aeronautical systems from the University of West Florida, and a bachelor's degree in physics from Florida State University. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. Tookes was a naval aviator flying PC-3 Orions, and was a pilot for United Airlines. He is a native of Tallahassee, Fla.

Raytheon Aircraft, based in Wichita, Kansas, designs, manufactures, markets and supports jet, turboprop and piston-powered aircraft for the world's commercial, military and regional airline markets. It had revenues of $3.2 billion in 2000.

Raytheon Company is a global technology leader that provides products and services in the areas of commercial and defense electronics, and engineering and construction, in addition to the Raytheon Aircraft business. Raytheon has operations throughout the United States and services customers in more than 80 countries.

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 2000 were $7.1 billion.