Roger G Ackerman

Roger G. Ackerman, who led Corning Incorporated through dizzying change, died July 30 2022 following a long illness, according to family members and Corning Inc. officials. Ackerman was 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 was also a director of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. Ackerman first joined Corning Inc. in 1962, the year he received a Master's Degree in Ceramic Engineering from Rutgers University. Ackerman is survived by his wife of more than 65 years Maureen Egan Ackerman and four children: Kathleen Ackerman, Eileen (Mike) Lacombe, Roger (Bridget) Ackerman and Lysbeth (Steve) Kursh.