Feb 27, 2012 — By WSU News Services — Melvin "Mel" Henry Snyder, 90, professor emeritus, aerospace engineering, and director emeritus of the Center for Basic and Applied Research, National Institute for Aviation Research, died Saturday, Feb. 25. Rosary, 6 p.m. today (Monday, Feb. 27); memorial service, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, both at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Wichita.
Mel is preceded in death by parents, Florence Ruby