The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, July 9, 1995                   TAG: 9507070082
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS      PAGE: 04   EDITION: FINAL 
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HONORS AND AWARDS

Dr. James V. Cornetta, a resident of Portsmouth, was recently elected president of the Virginia Optometric Association, an organization representing Virginia's eye care specialists.

Cornetta, a past president of the Tidewater Optometric Society, has a private practice with his father, Dr. Vincent Cornetta, on High Street. They specialize in contact lenses and diagnosis and treatment of vision and related disease and abnormalities.

He received his doctor of optometry degree from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tenn., after graduating from the University of Richmond. by CNB