Stephanie A. Burns Named to Corning Board of Directors
31 Gennaio 2012 - 11:00PM
Business Wire
Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today appointed Dr. Stephanie
A. Burns, retired chairman and chief executive officer of Dow
Corning Corporation, to Corning’s board of directors, effective
immediately. Dow Corning, a Corning 50%-owned equity company since
1943, is a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology,
and innovation.
Burns will also serve on the board’s corporate relations
committee.
She will hold office until Corning’s annual meeting of
shareholders on April 26, 2012, at which time she will stand for
election to a one-year term. Her appointment brings the number of
Corning directors to 15. The size of the board has ranged from 13
to 18 directors since 1990.
Dr. Burns, 57, brings nearly three decades of global innovation
and business leadership to the Corning board. Her career has
spanned scientific research, issues management, science and
technology leadership, and business management.
She joined Dow Corning in 1983 as a researcher and specialist in
organosilicon chemistry. In 1994, she became the company’s first
director of women’s health. She relocated to Brussels, Belgium in
1997, initially as director of science & technology for Europe
and then as director for Dow Corning’s operations in the
electronics and life sciences industries. In late 2000, she
returned to the United States to become executive vice president of
the company, responsible for global operations.
A member of Dow Corning’s board of directors since 2001, she was
elected president in 2003, was chief executive officer from 2004
until May 2011, and served as its chairman from 2006 through
2011.
She holds a Ph.D in organic chemistry from Iowa State University
and did post-doctoral studies at the Universite Montpellier,
Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, France.
She was chairman of the American Chemistry Council in 2010 and
2011, and is an honorary president of the Society of Chemical
Industry. She serves on the board of directors of GlaxoSmithKline
plc, and was appointed by President Obama to the President’s Export
Council.
About Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is 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. 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.
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