Roger G. Ackerman

Overview

ROGER G. ACKERMAN, 69, is the retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Corning Incorporated, a company engaged in specialty glass, ceramics and communications. He retired as Chairman of the Board of Corning Incorporated in June 2001. From 1996 through 2000, Mr. Ackerman served as Chief Executive Officer of Corning Incorporated, prior to which he served as President and Chief Operating Officer from 1992 to 1996. He is a director of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. Mr. Ackerman has been a director of the Company since 1991. His current term as a director of the Company expires in 2009.