Corning Corporation

Corning Incorporated describes itself as "the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 160 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." Corning was founded in 1851 by Amory Houghton Sr. (1812-1882). Corning is incorporated in New York.

In 2011, Corning recorded revenues of $7,890,000,000.

Ties to Pete Peterson's "Fix the Debt"
The Campaign to Fix the Debt is the latest incarnation of a decades-long effort by former Nixon man turned Wall Street billionaire Pete Peterson to slash earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare under the guise of fixing the nation's "debt problem."

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Leadership
As of January 2013:
 * Wendell P. Weeks -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
 * James B. Flaws -- Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
 * Kirk P. Gregg -- Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
 * Lawrence D. McRae -- Executive Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development
 * Dr. David L. Morse -- Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
 * Dr. Jeffrey Evenson -- Senior Vice President and Operations Chief of Staff

Board of Directors
As of January 2013:
 * John Seely Brown-- Retired Chief Scientist, Xerox Corporation
 * Stephanie A. Burns -- Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dow Corning Corporation
 * John A. Canning, Jr. --Co-founder and Chairman, Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC
 * Richard T. Clark -- Retired Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Merck & Co., Inc.
 * Robert F. Cummings, Jr. -- Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, JPMorgan Chase
 * James B. Flaws -- Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, Corning Incorporated
 * Gordon Gund -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gund Investment Corporation
 * Kurt M. Landgraf -- President and Chief Executive Officer, Educational Testing Service
 * Deborah D. Rieman -- Managing Director, Equus Management Company
 * H. Onno Ruding -- Retired Vice Chairman, Citicorp and Citibank, N.A.
 * Hansel E. Tookes II -- Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Raytheon Aircraft Company
 * Wendell P. Weeks -- Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President, Corning Incorporated
 * Mark S. Wrighton -- Chancellor and Professor of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis

Contact details
Corning Incorporated One Riverfront Plaza Corning, NY 14831 USA Email: Inquiries AT corning.com

Contact M - F  8:00 am – 5:00 pm Eastern Telephone: +1 607-974-9000

website: www.corning.com

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