GLW Corning Inc

Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) announced today that Katherine A. Asbeck, senior vice president, finance, and the company�s designated principal accounting officer will retire effective March 31, 2009. A successor principal accounting officer will be designated in advance of her retirement date. Asbeck joined Corning in 1991 as director of external reporting and accounting policy and held a number of finance-related positions prior to being appointed senior vice president, finance, in November 2005. Prior to joining Corning, Asbeck had 10 years of experience with the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. 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.