Exhibit (10)


            Description of Amendment of 1987 Stock Plan for Directors


Effective April 1, 2002,  Owens  Corning's  Board of Directors  amended the 1987
Stock Plan for  Directors  (incorporated  herein by reference to Exhibit (10) to
Owens Corning's  quarterly report on Form 10-Q (File No. 1-3660) for the quarter
ended June 30, 1997) to suspend, pending further action by the Board, additional
grants under the Plan of stock or options to purchase stock.