Corning Incorporated (Form: 8-K)  

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

     
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):   June 6, 2007

Corning Incorporated
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
New York 1-3247 16-0393470
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
One Riverfront Plaza, Corning, New York   14831
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   607-974-9000

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

At its meeting on June 6, 2007, the Board of Directors of Corning Incorporated elected Kurt M. Landgraf as a Director, to hold office until Corning's next annual meeting of shareholders on April 24, 2008, when he is expected to be nominated for election to serve a three-year term.

Mr. Landgraf, 60, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Educational Testing Service ("ETS"), a private nonprofit educational testing and measurement organization, and joined ETS in that position in 2000. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company ("Du Pont"), where he previously held a number of senior leadership positions. Mr. Landgraf is also a director of ETS, IKON Office Solutions, Inc. and Louisiana - Pacific Corporation.

The Corning Board Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee recommended and nominated Mr. Landgraf as a director candidate. At its June 6, 2007 meeting electing Mr. Landgraf, the Corning Board concluded that he had no related party transactions with the company, qualified as independent, and named him to the Audit Committee and to the Corporate Relations Committee.





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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
    Corning Incorporated
          
June 7, 2007   By:   Vincent P. Hatton
       
        Name: Vincent P. Hatton
        Title: Senior Vice President and General Counsel