Biography

Walter A. Elmore was born in Bartlett, Tennessee, served in the Army Air Corps as a navigator during World War II, and graduated from the University of Tennessee with a B.S.E.E. in 1949. He was in Substation Design at Memphis Light Gas & Water Division until he joined Westinghouse in 1951 as a District Engineer in Seattle, Washington. He transferred to the Relay-Instrument Division in Newark, New Jersey in 1964, where he became Manager of the Consulting Engineering Section. He held that position, following a 1989 merger with ABB, until 1992 in Coral Springs, Florida. From 1992 until 1996, when he retired, he held the position of Consulting Engineer. He continues to work as a consulting engineer for ABB. In August 1996, he had the great honor of having the ABB manufacturing plant in Coral Springs, Florida dedicated to him.

He is past chairman of the IEEE / PES Technical Council, and past chairman of the IEEE / PES Power System Relaying Committee. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE, and was presented the IEEE Gold Medal for Engineering Excellence in 1989. He was accepted as a member of The National Academy of Engineering in 1998.

He has presented over 100 technical papers, is one of the authors of the Year 2000 "Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers," and is the editor and co-author of two books: "Protective Relaying Theory and Applications" and "Pilot Protective Relaying"