S. Donald Stookey

Classic CorningWare pieces, if not in your kitchen already, can be found at yard sales. Updated pieces are on store shelves. Corning spun off its consumer-products division in 1998, and it is now marketed by World Kitchen LLC.

Scientist Who Invented CorningWare Glass Dies At 99

12:19pm November 07, 2014

by Doreen McCallister

S. Donald Stookey created a synthetic ceramic glass in 1952 — the fortuitous outcome of an experiment gone wrong.