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Exhibit 24.01
CORNING INCORPORATED
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned Director and/or
Officer of Corning Incorporated, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes
and appoints William D. Eggers, James B. Flaws and Katherine A. Asbeck, or
any of them, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and things and execute any
and all instruments which the said attorneys and agents, or any one of them,
may deem necessary or advisable to enable Corning Incorporated to comply with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of an issue
or issues not exceeding $800,000,000 principal amount of securities of the
Corporation, including without limitation, debentures, notes, shares of
Common Stock and shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, to be issued
and sold by it in 2000 or thereafter (pursuant to amendments to a
registration statement presently on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or otherwise), including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the
undersigned in his capacity as Director and/or Officer of Corning
Incorporated to one or more Registration Statements (on whatever form or
forms may be determined to be appropriate) to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission in respect of the above-described securities, to any
and all amendments to the said Registration Statements, including
Pre-Effective and Post-Effective Amendments, and to any and all instruments
and documents filed as a part of or in connection with the said Registration
Statements or amendments thereto; HEREBY RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING all that
said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
16th day of October, 2000.
/s/ Roger G. Ackerman
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Roger G. Ackerman
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CORNING INCORPORATED
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned Director and/or
Officer of Corning Incorporated, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes
and appoints William D. Eggers, James B. Flaws and Katherine A. Asbeck, or
any of them, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and things and execute any
and all instruments which the said attorneys and agents, or any one of them,
may deem necessary or advisable to enable Corning Incorporated to comply with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of an issue
or issues not exceeding $800,000,000 principal amount of securities of the
Corporation, including without limitation, debentures, notes, shares of
Common Stock and shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, to be issued
and sold by it in 2000 or thereafter (pursuant to amendments to a
registration statement presently on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or otherwise), including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the
undersigned in his capacity as Director and/or Officer of Corning
Incorporated to one or more Registration Statements (on whatever form or
forms may be determined to be appropriate) to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission in respect of the above-described securities, to any
and all amendments to the said Registration Statements, including
Pre-Effective and Post-Effective Amendments, and to any and all instruments
and documents filed as a part of or in connection with the said Registration
Statements or amendments thereto; HEREBY RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING all that
said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
17th day of October, 2000.
/s/ Norman E. Garrity
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Norman E. Garrity
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CORNING INCORPORATED
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned Director and/or
Officer of Corning Incorporated, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes
and appoints William D. Eggers, James B. Flaws and Katherine A. Asbeck, or
any of them, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and things and execute any
and all instruments which the said attorneys and agents, or any one of them,
may deem necessary or advisable to enable Corning Incorporated to comply with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of an issue
or issues not exceeding $800,000,000 principal amount of securities of the
Corporation, including without limitation, debentures, notes, shares of
Common Stock and shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, to be issued
and sold by it in 2000 or thereafter (pursuant to amendments to a
registration statement presently on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or otherwise), including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the
undersigned in his capacity as Director and/or Officer of Corning
Incorporated to one or more Registration Statements (on whatever form or
forms may be determined to be appropriate) to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission in respect of the above-described securities, to any
and all amendments to the said Registration Statements, including
Pre-Effective and Post-Effective Amendments, and to any and all instruments
and documents filed as a part of or in connection with the said Registration
Statements or amendments thereto; HEREBY RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING all that
said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
17th day of October, 2000.
/s/ Gordon Gund
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Gordon Gund
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CORNING INCORPORATED
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned Director and/or
Officer of Corning Incorporated, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes
and appoints William D. Eggers, James B. Flaws and Katherine A. Asbeck, or
any of them, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and things and execute any
and all instruments which the said attorneys and agents, or any one of them,
may deem necessary or advisable to enable Corning Incorporated to comply with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of an issue
or issues not exceeding $800,000,000 principal amount of securities of the
Corporation, including without limitation, debentures, notes, shares of
Common Stock and shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, to be issued
and sold by it in 2000 or thereafter (pursuant to amendments to a
registration statement presently on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or otherwise), including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the
undersigned in his capacity as Director and/or Officer of Corning
Incorporated to one or more Registration Statements (on whatever form or
forms may be determined to be appropriate) to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission in respect of the above-described securities, to any
and all amendments to the said Registration Statements, including
Pre-Effective and Post-Effective Amendments, and to any and all instruments
and documents filed as a part of or in connection with the said Registration
Statements or amendments thereto; HEREBY RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING all that
said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
16th day of October, 2000.
/s/ John M. Hennessy
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John M. Hennessy
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CORNING INCORPORATED
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned Director and/or
Officer of Corning Incorporated, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes
and appoints William D. Eggers, James B. Flaws and Katherine A. Asbeck, or
any of them, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and things and execute any
and all instruments which the said attorneys and agents, or any one of them,
may deem necessary or advisable to enable Corning Incorporated to comply with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of an issue
or issues not exceeding $800,000,000 principal amount of securities of the
Corporation, including without limitation, debentures, notes, shares of
Common Stock and shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, to be issued
and sold by it in 2000 or thereafter (pursuant to amendments to a
registration statement presently on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or otherwise), including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the
undersigned in his capacity as Director and/or Officer of Corning
Incorporated to one or more Registration Statements (on whatever form or
forms may be determined to be appropriate) to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission in respect of the above-described securities, to any
and all amendments to the said Registration Statements, including
Pre-Effective and Post-Effective Amendments, and to any and all instruments
and documents filed as a part of or in connection with the said Registration
Statements or amendments thereto; HEREBY RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING all that
said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
17th day of October, 2000.
/s/ James R. Houghton
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James R. Houghton
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CORNING INCORPORATED
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned Director and/or
Officer of Corning Incorporated, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes
and appoints William D. Eggers, James B. Flaws and Katherine A. Asbeck, or
any of them, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and things and execute any
and all instruments which the said attorneys and agents, or any one of them,
may deem necessary or advisable to enable Corning Incorporated to comply with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of an issue
or issues not exceeding $800,000,000 principal amount of securities of the
Corporation, including without limitation, debentures, notes, shares of
Common Stock and shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, to be issued
and sold by it in 2000 or thereafter (pursuant to amendments to a
registration statement presently on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or otherwise), including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the
undersigned in his capacity as Director and/or Officer of Corning
Incorporated to one or more Registration Statements (on whatever form or
forms may be determined to be appropriate) to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission in respect of the above-described securities, to any
and all amendments to the said Registration Statements, including
Pre-Effective and Post-Effective Amendments, and to any and all instruments
and documents filed as a part of or in connection with the said Registration
Statements or amendments thereto; HEREBY RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING all that
said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
18th day of October, 2000.
/s/ John W. Loose
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John W. Loose
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CORNING INCORPORATED
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned Director and/or
Officer of Corning Incorporated, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes
and appoints William D. Eggers, James B. Flaws and Katherine A. Asbeck, or
any of them, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and things and execute any
and all instruments which the said attorneys and agents, or any one of them,
may deem necessary or advisable to enable Corning Incorporated to comply with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of an issue
or issues not exceeding $800,000,000 principal amount of securities of the
Corporation, including without limitation, debentures, notes, shares of
Common Stock and shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, to be issued
and sold by it in 2000 or thereafter (pursuant to amendments to a
registration statement presently on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or otherwise), including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the
undersigned in his capacity as Director and/or Officer of Corning
Incorporated to one or more Registration Statements (on whatever form or
forms may be determined to be appropriate) to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission in respect of the above-described securities, to any
and all amendments to the said Registration Statements, including
Pre-Effective and Post-Effective Amendments, and to any and all instruments
and documents filed as a part of or in connection with the said Registration
Statements or amendments thereto; HEREBY RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING all that
said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
17th day of October, 2000.
/s/ James J. O'Connor
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James J. O'Connor
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CORNING INCORPORATED
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned Director and/or
Officer of Corning Incorporated, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes
and appoints William D. Eggers, James B. Flaws and Katherine A. Asbeck, or
any of them, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and things and execute any
and all instruments which the said attorneys and agents, or any one of them,
may deem necessary or advisable to enable Corning Incorporated to comply with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of an issue
or issues not exceeding $800,000,000 principal amount of securities of the
Corporation, including without limitation, debentures, notes, shares of
Common Stock and shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, to be issued
and sold by it in 2000 or thereafter (pursuant to amendments to a
registration statement presently on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or otherwise), including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the
undersigned in his capacity as Director and/or Officer of Corning
Incorporated to one or more Registration Statements (on whatever form or
forms may be determined to be appropriate) to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission in respect of the above-described securities, to any
and all amendments to the said Registration Statements, including
Pre-Effective and Post-Effective Amendments, and to any and all instruments
and documents filed as a part of or in connection with the said Registration
Statements or amendments thereto; HEREBY RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING all that
said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
17th day of October, 2000.
/s/ Catherine A. Rein
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Catherine A. Rein
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CORNING INCORPORATED
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned Director and/or
Officer of Corning Incorporated, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes
and appoints William D. Eggers, James B. Flaws and Katherine A. Asbeck, or
any of them, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and things and execute any
and all instruments which the said attorneys and agents, or any one of them,
may deem necessary or advisable to enable Corning Incorporated to comply with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of an issue
or issues not exceeding $800,000,000 principal amount of securities of the
Corporation, including without limitation, debentures, notes, shares of
Common Stock and shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, to be issued
and sold by it in 2000 or thereafter (pursuant to amendments to a
registration statement presently on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or otherwise), including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the
undersigned in his capacity as Director and/or Officer of Corning
Incorporated to one or more Registration Statements (on whatever form or
forms may be determined to be appropriate) to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission in respect of the above-described securities, to any
and all amendments to the said Registration Statements, including
Pre-Effective and Post-Effective Amendments, and to any and all instruments
and documents filed as a part of or in connection with the said Registration
Statements or amendments thereto; HEREBY RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING all that
said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
16th day of October, 2000.
/s/ Deborah D. Rieman
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Deborah D. Rieman
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CORNING INCORPORATED
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned Director and/or
Officer of Corning Incorporated, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes
and appoints William D. Eggers, James B. Flaws and Katherine A. Asbeck, or
any of them, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and things and execute any
and all instruments which the said attorneys and agents, or any one of them,
may deem necessary or advisable to enable Corning Incorporated to comply with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of an issue
or issues not exceeding $800,000,000 principal amount of securities of the
Corporation, including without limitation, debentures, notes, shares of
Common Stock and shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, to be issued
and sold by it in 2000 or thereafter (pursuant to amendments to a
registration statement presently on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or otherwise), including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the
undersigned in his capacity as Director and/or Officer of Corning
Incorporated to one or more Registration Statements (on whatever form or
forms may be determined to be appropriate) to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission in respect of the above-described securities, to any
and all amendments to the said Registration Statements, including
Pre-Effective and Post-Effective Amendments, and to any and all instruments
and documents filed as a part of or in connection with the said Registration
Statements or amendments thereto; HEREBY RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING all that
said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
16th day of October, 2000.
/s/ H. Onno Ruding
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H. Onno Ruding
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CORNING INCORPORATED
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned Director and/or
Officer of Corning Incorporated, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes
and appoints William D. Eggers, James B. Flaws and Katherine A. Asbeck, or
any of them, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and things and execute any
and all instruments which the said attorneys and agents, or any one of them,
may deem necessary or advisable to enable Corning Incorporated to comply with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of an issue
or issues not exceeding $800,000,000 principal amount of securities of the
Corporation, including without limitation, debentures, notes, shares of
Common Stock and shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, to be issued
and sold by it in 2000 or thereafter (pursuant to amendments to a
registration statement presently on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or otherwise), including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the
undersigned in his capacity as Director and/or Officer of Corning
Incorporated to one or more Registration Statements (on whatever form or
forms may be determined to be appropriate) to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission in respect of the above-described securities, to any
and all amendments to the said Registration Statements, including
Pre-Effective and Post-Effective Amendments, and to any and all instruments
and documents filed as a part of or in connection with the said Registration
Statements or amendments thereto; HEREBY RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING all that
said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
16th day of October, 2000.
/s/ William D. Smithburg
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William D. Smithburg
