Richard T. Clark Named to Corning Board of Directors
06 Dezembro 2011 - 8:00PM
Business Wire
Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today appointed Richard T.
Clark, retired chairman and chief executive officer of Merck (NYSE:
MRK), to Corning’s board of directors, effective immediately. Merck
is a global healthcare leader that develops, discovers,
manufactures, and provides prescription medicines, vaccines,
biologic therapies, and consumer care and animal health
products.
Clark, who qualifies as an independent director, will also serve
on the audit and compensation committees.
He will hold office until Corning’s annual meeting of
shareholders on April 26, 2012, at which time he will stand for
election to a one-year term. His appointment brings the number of
Corning directors to 14. The size of the board has ranged from 13
to 18 directors since 1990.
Clark, 65, brings nearly four decades of experience with global
markets and manufacturing to Corning’s board. He became president
and CEO of Merck in May 2005 and chairman of the board in April
2007. He transitioned from his CEO role in January of this year,
and served as board chairman through November.
He served as president of the Merck Manufacturing Division, with
responsibility for Merck’s global network of manufacturing
operations, information services, and operations excellence
organizations worldwide.
Since joining Merck as a quality control inspector in 1972,
Clark has held a broad range of senior management positions. His
areas of expertise include strategic planning, global
manufacturing, quality control and production, new products
planning, and engineering.
From 2008 to 2009, Clark served as board chairman of the
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, which
represents the country's leading pharmaceutical research and
biotechnology companies.
He is a director of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) and
serves on the advisory board of American Securities. He is a
trustee of PENN Medicine, which includes the University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania
Health System. Clark is chairman of the board for Project Hope, a
global health education and humanitarian assistance organization.
Clark serves as a trustee of Washington & Jefferson College and
as a member of several other business, policy, and charitable
organizations.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Washington
& Jefferson College in Washington, Pa., and his MBA from
American University in Washington, D.C. He also served as a
lieutenant in the U.S. Army before joining Merck.
About Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in
specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on 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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