In memoriam: Professor Emeritus Wendell Cornetet Jr., 1923-2012

Wendell H. Cornetet Jr., professor emeritus of electrical engineering at The Ohio State University, passed away on November 18, 2012. He was 89.

Born in Huntington, W.Va. in 1923, Cornetet earned BSEE and MSEE degrees from West Virginia University. He received a PhD in electrical engineering from Ohio State in 1958.

Cornetet was an active member of the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering for 34 years. After retiring from teaching, he helped found and was president of Softcad Electronics Company. He received the Ralph L. Boyer Award for meritorious achievement in academic endeavors and was a Schmitt scholar to the National Engineering Consortium.

Cornetet was coauthor of several technical papers and text books. He was also a contributing writer to several professional journals and reviewed engineering text books for major publishers.

Cornetet was a veteran of WWII.

Read the complete obituary for Professor Cornetet online.