Corning Award for Excellence

The Corning Award for Excellence

The most prestigious award presented by Corning Incorporated and The Business Council of New York State, Inc., is a magnificent piece of original Steuben Glass, handcrafted by masters in Corning, New York, and given each year to a New Yorker who has demonstrated an outstanding level of accomplishment and a deep and sustaining commitment to the people of New York State.

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Congratulations to Our 2024 Corning Award Winner: John Catsimatidis


Mr. Catsimatidis, after moving to New York City at a young age with his family from the Greek Isles, has successfully owned and operated the Red Apple Group for over four decades, beginning at age 25 with 10 Red Apple Supermarkets throughout the New York City area. Today, the Red Apple Group employs more than 8,000 people, with more than 2,000 in New York City, and is a vastly diversified corporation that has holdings in the energy, media, aviation, retail, and real estate sectors. In addition to his company, Mr. Catsimatidis hosts ‘Cats and Cosby Roundtable’ on WABC Radio.

Previous Corning Award Winners:

Kathryn Wylde (2023); Eric Mower (2022); G. Thomas Tranter (2021); H. Carl McCall (2020); Nancy L. Zimpher (2019); Stanley S. Litow (2018); Brian T. McMahon (2017); Michael J. Doyle (2016); David F. Smith (2015); Roger A. Hannay (2014); Kevin Burke (2013); Kirk P. Gregg (2012); Linda S. Sanford (2011); James R. Houghton (2010); Paul Speranza Jr. (2009); Joseph L. Bruno (2008); Alair Townsend (2007); Robert Catell (2006); Daniel A. Carp (2005); Amo Houghton (2004); Lewis Golub (2003); Carl T. Hayden (2002); Roland W. Schmitt (2001); Richard P. Mills (2000); Erland E. Kailbourne (1999); Robert B. Wegman (1998); Judith S. Kaye (1997); John J. Phelan, Jr. (1996); Barber B. Conable, Jr., (1995); James W. Kinnear (1994); Muriel Siebert (1993); Hugh L. Carey (1992); David Harden (1991); Raymond T. Schuler (1990); Warren M. Anderson and Stanley Fink (1989); Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. (1988); James D. Robinson III (1987); Franklin A. Thomas (1986); Kitty Carlisle Hart (1985); Frank T. Cary (1984); Clifton Garvin (1983); David Rockefeller (1982); Richard R. Shinn (1981); Melvin C. Holm (1980); and Walter A. Fallon (1979).