Wartburg College Athletics

Cliff Cornelius ’69
Tucson, Arizona

Cornelius played on three Iowa Conference championship teams for men’s basketball coach Buzz Levick. He ranks No. 10 in career rebounds. During his senior year, he was named first team all-league and earned Most Valuable Player honors at the Iowa College all-star game. A retired U.S. Air Force colonel, Cornelius is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon with a dental practice in Tucson. He and his wife, Carole, are the parents of three children.